Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/biþankijaną

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 *bi- +‎ *þankijaną.

Verb

*biþankijaną

1. to think up, bethink

Inflection

Conjugation of *biþankijaną (weak class 1 j-present)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*biþankijō	*biþankijaų	—	*biþankijai	?
2nd singular	*biþankīsi	*biþankijais	*biþankī	*biþankijasai	*biþankijaisau
3rd singular	*biþankīþi	*biþankijai	*biþankijaþau	*biþankijaþai	*biþankijaiþau
1st dual	*biþankijōs	*biþankijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*biþankijaþiz	*biþankijaiþiz	*biþankijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*biþankijamaz	*biþankijaim	—	*biþankijanþai	*biþankijainþau
2nd plural	*biþankīþ	*biþankijaiþ	*biþankīþ	*biþankijanþai	*biþankijainþau
3rd plural	*biþankijanþi	*biþankijain	*biþankijanþau	*biþankijanþai	*biþankijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*biþanhtǭ	*biþanhtēdį̄
2nd singular	*biþanhtēz	*biþanhtēdīz
3rd singular	*biþanhtē	*biþanhtēdī
1st dual	*biþanhtēdū	*biþanhtēdīw
2nd dual	*biþanhtēdudiz	*biþanhtēdīdiz
1st plural	*biþanhtēdum	*biþanhtēdīm
2nd plural	*biþanhtēdud	*biþanhtēdīd
3rd plural	*biþanhtēdun	*biþanhtēdīn
	present	past
participles	*biþankijandz	*biþankidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *biþankijan
  • Old English: beþenċan, biþenċan
    • Middle English: bithenchen, bethenken
      • English: bethink
  • Old Frisian: bithanka
  • Old Dutch: *bithenkon, *bithenkan
    • Middle Dutch: bedenken
      • Dutch: bedenken
  • Old High German: pidenchan
    • Middle High German: bedenken
      • German: bedenken
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biþagkjan)