Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tawjaną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Factitive derived from an adjective *tawaz, from Pre-Germanic *dowh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-. Possibly attested as *gatawaz, borrowed into Proto-Slavic *gotovъ, though this is disputed.[1]

Cognate with Tocharian B tsuwa and Ancient Greek δύναμαι (dúnamai).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑu̯.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*tawjaną

  1. to make, complete

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *tawjaną (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tawjō *tawjaų — *tawjai ?
2nd singular *tawisi *tawjais *tawi *tawjasai *tawjaisau
3rd singular *tawiþi *tawjai *tawjaþau *tawjaþai *tawjaiþau
1st dual *tawjōs *tawjaiw — — —
2nd dual *tawjaþiz *tawjaiþiz *tawjaþiz — —
1st plural *tawjamaz *tawjaim — *tawjanþai *tawjainþau
2nd plural *tawiþ *tawjaiþ *tawiþ *tawjanþai *tawjainþau
3rd plural *tawjanþi *tawjain *tawjanþau *tawjanþai *tawjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tawidǭ *tawidēdį̄
2nd singular *tawidēz *tawidēdīz
3rd singular *tawidē *tawidēdī
1st dual *tawidēdū *tawidēdīw
2nd dual *tawidēdudiz *tawidēdīdiz
1st plural *tawidēdum *tawidēdīm
2nd plural *tawidēdud *tawidēdīd
3rd plural *tawidēdun *tawidēdīn
present past
participles *tawjandz *tawidaz

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “taujan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511
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