Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þanjaną

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 *tonéyeti, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɑn.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þanjaną

1. to stretch, to extend

Inflection

Conjugation of *þanjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þanjō	*þanjaų	—	*þanjai	?
2nd singular	*þanisi	*þanjais	*þani	*þanjasai	*þanjaisau
3rd singular	*þaniþi	*þanjai	*þanjaþau	*þanjaþai	*þanjaiþau
1st dual	*þanjōs	*þanjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*þanjaþiz	*þanjaiþiz	*þanjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*þanjamaz	*þanjaim	—	*þanjanþai	*þanjainþau
2nd plural	*þaniþ	*þanjaiþ	*þaniþ	*þanjanþai	*þanjainþau
3rd plural	*þanjanþi	*þanjain	*þanjanþau	*þanjanþai	*þanjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þanidǭ	*þanidēdį̄
2nd singular	*þanidēz	*þanidēdīz
3rd singular	*þanidē	*þanidēdī
1st dual	*þanidēdū	*þanidēdīw
2nd dual	*þanidēdudiz	*þanidēdīdiz
1st plural	*þanidēdum	*þanidēdīm
2nd plural	*þanidēdud	*þanidēdīd
3rd plural	*þanidēdun	*þanidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*þanjandz	*þanidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þannjan
  • Old English: þennan
    • Middle English: thinnen
  • Old Frisian: *thenna, *thena
    • Saterland Frisian: diene; deenje
  • Old Saxon: thennian
    • Middle Low German: dennen, dēnen
  • Old Dutch: thennen
    • Middle Dutch: dēnen
  • Old High German: thenen, thennen, denen, dennen
    • Middle High German: denen, dennen
      • German: dehnen
        • → Luxembourgish: deenen
• Old Norse: þenja
  • Icelandic: þenja
  • Faroese: tenja
  • Norn: tana
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tenja
  • Old Swedish: þænia
    • Swedish: tänja
  • Gutnish: täne, tän', täna
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufþanjan)