Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganhatjaną

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

Uncertain. See *ganhāną for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑ̃ː.xɑt.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ganhatjaną

1. (North Germanic) to watch, tend, take care of

Inflection

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

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ganhatjō	*ganhatjaų	—	*ganhatjai	?
2nd singular	*ganhatisi	*ganhatjais	*ganhati	*ganhatjasai	*ganhatjaisau
3rd singular	*ganhatiþi	*ganhatjai	*ganhatjaþau	*ganhatjaþai	*ganhatjaiþau
1st dual	*ganhatjōs	*ganhatjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*ganhatjaþiz	*ganhatjaiþiz	*ganhatjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*ganhatjamaz	*ganhatjaim	—	*ganhatjanþai	*ganhatjainþau
2nd plural	*ganhatiþ	*ganhatjaiþ	*ganhatiþ	*ganhatjanþai	*ganhatjainþau
3rd plural	*ganhatjanþi	*ganhatjain	*ganhatjanþau	*ganhatjanþai	*ganhatjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ganhastǭ	*ganhastēdį̄
2nd singular	*ganhastēz	*ganhastēdīz
3rd singular	*ganhastē	*ganhastēdī
1st dual	*ganhastēdū	*ganhastēdīw
2nd dual	*ganhastēdudiz	*ganhastēdīdiz
1st plural	*ganhastēdum	*ganhastēdīm
2nd plural	*ganhastēdud	*ganhastēdīd
3rd plural	*ganhastēdun	*ganhastēdīn
	present	past
participles	*ganhatjandz	*ganhatidaz

Related terms

• *ganhāną

Descendants

• Old Norse: gæta
  • Icelandic: gæta
  • Faroese: gæta
  • Norwegian: gjeta, gjete
  • Dalecarlian: gäta (pret. gätäd)
    • Elfdalian: &ᚬT (gę’tt, supine), inf. gęta
  • Old Swedish: gǣta
    • Swedish: gäta