Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þinsaną

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þinsaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 Proto-Indo-European *tens- (“to stretch”). Related to Lithuanian tęsti (“to stretch (out); to continue, extend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθin.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þinsaną[1][2]

1. to stretch

Inflection

Conjugation of *þinsaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þinsō	*þinsaų	—	*þinsai	?
2nd singular	*þinsizi	*þinsaiz	*þins	*þinsazai	*þinsaizau
3rd singular	*þinsidi	*þinsai	*þinsadau	*þinsadai	*þinsaidau
1st dual	*þinsōz	*þinsaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*þinsadiz	*þinsaidiz	*þinsadiz	—	—
1st plural	*þinsamaz	*þinsaim	—	*þinsandai	*þinsaindau
2nd plural	*þinsid	*þinsaid	*þinsid	*þinsandai	*þinsaindau
3rd plural	*þinsandi	*þinsain	*þinsandau	*þinsandai	*þinsaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þans	*þunsį̄
2nd singular	*þanst	*þunsīz
3rd singular	*þans	*þunsī
1st dual	*þunsū	*þunsīw
2nd dual	*þunsudiz	*þunsīdiz
1st plural	*þunsum	*þunsīm
2nd plural	*þunsud	*þunsīd
3rd plural	*þunsun	*þunsīn
	present	past
participles	*þinsandz	*þunsanaz

Derived terms

• *þansijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þinsan
  • Old Saxon: thinsan
  • Old Dutch: thinsan
    • Middle Dutch: dinsen
  • Old High German: dinsan
    • Middle High German: dinsen
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽 (þinsan)

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þinsan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543-544
2. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*þensanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 421