Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taiknijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *taikną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯k.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*taiknijaną

to show, point

Inflection

Conjugation of *taiknijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*taiknijō	*taiknijaų	—	*taiknijai	*?
2nd singular	*taiknīsi	*taiknijais	*taiknī	*taiknijasai	*taiknijaisau
3rd singular	*taiknīþi	*taiknijai	*taiknijaþau	*taiknijaþai	*taiknijaiþau
1st dual	*taiknijōs	*taiknijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*taiknijaþiz	*taiknijaiþiz	*taiknijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*taiknijamaz	*taiknijaim	—	*taiknijanþai	*taiknijainþau
2nd plural	*taiknīþ	*taiknijaiþ	*taiknīþ	*taiknijanþai	*taiknijainþau
3rd plural	*taiknijanþi	*taiknijain	*taiknijanþau	*taiknijanþai	*taiknijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*taiknidǭ	*taiknidēdį̄
2nd singular	*taiknidēz	*taiknidēdīz
3rd singular	*taiknidē	*taiknidēdī
1st dual	*taiknidēdū	*taiknidēdīw
2nd dual	*taiknidēdudiz	*taiknidēdīdiz
1st plural	*taiknidēdum	*taiknidēdīm
2nd plural	*taiknidēdud	*taiknidēdīd
3rd plural	*taiknidēdun	*taiknidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*taiknijandz	*taiknidaz

Descendants

West Germanic: *taiknijan
- Old English: tǣcnan
- Old Saxon: tēknian
  - Middle Low German: tēkenen
- Old Dutch: *tēknen
  - Middle Dutch: têkenen, teikenen
    - Dutch: tekenen
    - Limburgish: teikene
- Old High German: zeihhanen, zeichanen, zeihnen
  - Middle High German: zeichenen
    - German: zeichnen
Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taiknjan)