Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þakjaną

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 1

From *þaką (“roof”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɑk.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þakjaną

1. to cover (with a roof)

Inflection

Conjugation of *þakjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þakjō	*þakjaų	—	*þakjai	?
2nd singular	*þakisi	*þakjais	*þaki	*þakjasai	*þakjaisau
3rd singular	*þakiþi	*þakjai	*þakjaþau	*þakjaþai	*þakjaiþau
1st dual	*þakjōs	*þakjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*þakjaþiz	*þakjaiþiz	*þakjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*þakjamaz	*þakjaim	—	*þakjanþai	*þakjainþau
2nd plural	*þakiþ	*þakjaiþ	*þakiþ	*þakjanþai	*þakjainþau
3rd plural	*þakjanþi	*þakjain	*þakjanþau	*þakjanþai	*þakjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þakidǭ	*þakidēdį̄
2nd singular	*þakidēz	*þakidēdīz
3rd singular	*þakidē	*þakidēdī
1st dual	*þakidēdū	*þakidēdīw
2nd dual	*þakidēdudiz	*þakidēdīdiz
1st plural	*þakidēdum	*þakidēdīm
2nd plural	*þakidēdud	*þakidēdīd
3rd plural	*þakidēdun	*þakidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*þakjandz	*þakidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þakkjan
  • Old English: þeċċean, þeċċan
    • Middle English: thecchen, theken (unassibilated form possibly from Old Norse þekja)
      • Scots: theke, theik, thack
      • English: thatch
      • Yola: detch
  • Old Frisian: thekka, thekkia
    • Saterland Frisian: däkke
    • West Frisian: dekke
  • Old Saxon: thekkian
    • Middle Low German: decken
      • German Low German: decken
  • Old Dutch: thecken
    • Middle Dutch: decken
      • Dutch: dekken
      • Limburgish: dèkke
  • Old High German: decchen
    • Middle High German: decken
      • German: decken
      • Luxembourgish: decken
• Old Norse: þekja
  • Icelandic: þekja
  • Faroese: tekja
  • Norwegian: tekkja
  • Old Swedish: þækkia
    • Swedish: täcka
  • Danish: tække
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tekke
  • Gutnish: täkke, täkk'

Etymology 2

Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *teh₂ǵ- (“burn”), and tentatively cognate with Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Verb

*þakjaną

1. to burn

Inflection

Conjugation of *þakjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þakjō	*þakjaų	—	*þakjai	?
2nd singular	*þakisi	*þakjais	*þaki	*þakjasai	*þakjaisau
3rd singular	*þakiþi	*þakjai	*þakjaþau	*þakjaþai	*þakjaiþau
1st dual	*þakjōs	*þakjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*þakjaþiz	*þakjaiþiz	*þakjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*þakjamaz	*þakjaim	—	*þakjanþai	*þakjainþau
2nd plural	*þakiþ	*þakjaiþ	*þakiþ	*þakjanþai	*þakjainþau
3rd plural	*þakjanþi	*þakjain	*þakjanþau	*þakjanþai	*þakjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þakidǭ	*þakidēdį̄
2nd singular	*þakidēz	*þakidēdīz
3rd singular	*þakidē	*þakidēdī
1st dual	*þakidēdū	*þakidēdīw
2nd dual	*þakidēdudiz	*þakidēdīdiz
1st plural	*þakidēdum	*þakidēdīm
2nd plural	*þakidēdud	*þakidēdīd
3rd plural	*þakidēdun	*þakidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*þakjandz	*þakidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þakkjan
  • Old English: þeċċan
  • Old High German: *dahhen
    • ⇒ Old High German: dahhazen