Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/getaną
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *gʰe(n)d- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Latin prehendō (“snatch, seize”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “hold, contain”). The original meaning appears to have been "to seize an opportunity" or "to find a way".[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*getaną
Inflection
[edit]| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *getō | *getaų | — | *getai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *gitizi | *getaiz | *get | *getazai | *getaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *gitidi | *getai | *getadau | *getadai | *getaidau | |
| 1st dual | *getōz | *getaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *getadiz | *getaidiz | *getadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *getamaz | *getaim | — | *getandai | *getaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *gitid | *getaid | *gitid | *getandai | *getaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *getandi | *getain | *getandau | *getandai | *getaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *gat | *gētį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *gast | *gētīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *gat | *gētī | ||||
| 1st dual | *gētū | *gētīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *gētudiz | *gētīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *gētum | *gētīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *gētud | *gētīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *gētun | *gētīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *getandz | *getanaz | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *getan
- Old Norse: geta