Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þigjaną

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 *tek-yé-ti, from the root Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to take by the hand, receive, obtain”). Cognate with Old Irish techtaim (“I possess”), Lithuanian tèkti (“to be granted”), Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai, “to acquire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þigjaną

1. to accept, receive
2. to implore, beg

Inflection

Conjugation of *þigjaną (strong class 5 j-present)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þigjō	*þigjaų	—	*þigjai	?
2nd singular	*þigisi	*þigjais	*þigi	*þigjasai	*þigjaisau
3rd singular	*þigiþi	*þigjai	*þigjaþau	*þigjaþai	*þigjaiþau
1st dual	*þigjōs	*þigjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*þigjaþiz	*þigjaiþiz	*þigjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*þigjamaz	*þigjaim	—	*þigjanþai	*þigjainþau
2nd plural	*þigiþ	*þigjaiþ	*þigiþ	*þigjanþai	*þigjainþau
3rd plural	*þigjanþi	*þigjain	*þigjanþau	*þigjanþai	*þigjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þag	*þēgį̄
2nd singular	*þaht	*þēgīz
3rd singular	*þag	*þēgī
1st dual	*þēgū	*þēgīw
2nd dual	*þēgudiz	*þēgīdiz
1st plural	*þēgum	*þēgīm
2nd plural	*þēgud	*þēgīd
3rd plural	*þēgun	*þēgīn
	present	past
participles	*þigjandz	*þeganaz

Derived terms

• *þagjaną
• *þegō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þiggjan
  • Old English: þiċġan
    • Middle English: thiggen
      • Scots: thig
      • English: thig (obsolete)
  • Old Saxon: thiggian
  • Old Dutch: thiggen
  • Old High German: *thicken, *thiggen, diggen
    • Middle High German: digen, diegen
      • German: digen (obsolete)
• Old Norse: þiggja
  • Icelandic: þiggja
  • Faroese: tiggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tigga; (dialectal) tiggja, teggja, tige
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tigge
  • Old Swedish: þiggia
    • Swedish: tigga
  • Danish: tigge