Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þegnaz
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Often compared with Ancient Greek τέκνον (téknon, “child”). Kroonen instead sees a derivation from *þigjaną (“to request, beg”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*þegnaz m
Inflection
[edit]masculine a-stemDeclension of *þegnaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *þegnaz | *þegnōz, *þegnōs | |
vocative | *þegn | *þegnōz, *þegnōs | |
accusative | *þegną | *þegnanz | |
genitive | *þegnas, *þignis | *þegnǫ̂ | |
dative | *þegnai | *þegnamaz | |
instrumental | *þegnō | *þegnamiz |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *þegn
- Old English: þeġn, þæġn, þēn
- Middle English: theyn, dain, thain, thayn, thein, þen, þein, þeyn, ðæin, þægen, þægn, þegen, þegn, þeȝn, þeign (Early Middle English)
- → Medieval Latin: thainus
- Old Saxon: thegan
- Old Dutch: *thegen (in derivatives and compounds)
- Middle Dutch: dēgen
- Dutch: degen
- ⇒ Old Dutch: thegenlīko (adverb)
- Middle Dutch: dēgen
- Old High German: degan
- Old English: þeġn, þæġn, þēn
- Old Norse: þegn
Further reading
[edit]- Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN