Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ganeutan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganeutaną. Equivalent to *ga- +‎ *neutan.

Verb

*ganeutan

to enjoy
to seize, apprehend

Inflection

Strong class 2
Infinitive	*ganeutan
1st sg. past	*ganaut
3rd pl. past	*ganutun
Past ptcple	*ganotan
Infinitive	*ganeutan
Genitive infin.	*ganeutannjas
Dative infin.	*ganeutannjē
Instrum. infin.	*ganeutannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*ganeutu	*ganaut
2nd singular	*ganiutiʀi	*ganutī
3rd singular	*ganiutidi	*ganaut
1st plural	*ganeutum	*ganutum
2nd plural	*ganiutid	*ganutud
3rd plural	*ganeutand	*ganutun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*ganeutē	*ganutī
2nd singular	*ganeutēs	*ganutī
3rd singular	*ganeutē	*ganutī
1st plural	*ganeutēm	*ganutīm
2nd plural	*ganeutēþ	*ganutīd
3rd plural	*ganeutēn	*ganutīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*ganeut
Plural	*ganiutid
	Present	Past
Participle	*ganeutandī	*ganotan

Related terms

*bineutan
*nautijan
*nuti
*nutu
*naut

Descendants

Old Saxon: giniotan
- Middle Low German: genêten, gnêten, genîten
  - German Low German: geneten
    - → Saterland Frisian: genäite
Old Dutch: *giniotan
- Middle Dutch: genieten
  - Dutch: genieten
    - → West Frisian: genietsje
Old High German: giniozan
- Middle High German: geniezen
  - German: genießen
  - Luxembourgish: genéissen
  - Yiddish: געניסן‎ (genisn)