Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gīnaną

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 *gʰh₂ey-, itself from *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”).

Verb

*gīnaną

1. to gape, yawn

Inflection

Conjugation of *gīnaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gīnō	*gīnaų	—	*gīnai	?
2nd singular	*gīnizi	*gīnaiz	*gīn	*gīnazai	*gīnaizau
3rd singular	*gīnidi	*gīnai	*gīnadau	*gīnadai	*gīnaidau
1st dual	*gīnōz	*gīnaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*gīnadiz	*gīnaidiz	*gīnadiz	—	—
1st plural	*gīnamaz	*gīnaim	—	*gīnandai	*gīnaindau
2nd plural	*gīnid	*gīnaid	*gīnid	*gīnandai	*gīnaindau
3rd plural	*gīnandi	*gīnain	*gīnandau	*gīnandai	*gīnaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gain	*ginį̄
2nd singular	*gaint	*ginīz
3rd singular	*gain	*ginī
1st dual	*ginū	*ginīw
2nd dual	*ginudiz	*ginīdiz
1st plural	*ginum	*ginīm
2nd plural	*ginud	*ginīd
3rd plural	*ginun	*ginīn
	present	past
participles	*gīnandz	*ginanaz

Related terms

• *gainōną
• *ginōną
• *ginjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gīnan
  • Old English: ġīnan
  • Old Saxon: gīnan
• Old Norse: gína
  • Icelandic: gína
  • Faroese: gina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gina