Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hauhijaną

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 *hauhaz (“high”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑu̯.xi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hauhijaną

1. to make high; to raise, exalt

Inflection

Conjugation of *hauhijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hauhijō	*hauhijaų	—	*hauhijai	?
2nd singular	*hauhīsi	*hauhijais	*hauhī	*hauhijasai	*hauhijaisau
3rd singular	*hauhīþi	*hauhijai	*hauhijaþau	*hauhijaþai	*hauhijaiþau
1st dual	*hauhijōs	*hauhijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hauhijaþiz	*hauhijaiþiz	*hauhijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hauhijamaz	*hauhijaim	—	*hauhijanþai	*hauhijainþau
2nd plural	*hauhīþ	*hauhijaiþ	*hauhīþ	*hauhijanþai	*hauhijainþau
3rd plural	*hauhijanþi	*hauhijain	*hauhijanþau	*hauhijanþai	*hauhijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hauhidǭ	*hauhidēdį̄
2nd singular	*hauhidēz	*hauhidēdīz
3rd singular	*hauhidē	*hauhidēdī
1st dual	*hauhidēdū	*hauhidēdīw
2nd dual	*hauhidēdudiz	*hauhidēdīdiz
1st plural	*hauhidēdum	*hauhidēdīm
2nd plural	*hauhidēdud	*hauhidēdīd
3rd plural	*hauhidēdun	*hauhidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*hauhijandz	*hauhidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hauhijan
  • Old English: hēan
    • Middle English: heien (conflated with ġehēgan)
      • English: high
      • Yola: heech
  • Old Frisian: heia
  • Old Saxon:
    • Middle Low German: hȫgen (backformed to the adjective)
  • Old Dutch: *hōen
    • Middle Dutch: hogen (backformed to the adjective)
      • Dutch: hogen
  • Old High German: hōhen
    • Middle High German: höhen
      • German: höhen
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hauhjan)