Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnabaną

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 *knebʰ-. Related to Lithuanian knabt and Latvian knābt (“to peck, to rip”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxnɑ.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hnabaną

to cut, to chop

Inflection

Conjugation of *hnabaną (strong class 6)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*hnabō	*hnabaų	—	*hnabai	?
2nd singular	*hnabizi	*hnabaiz	*hnab	*hnabazai	*hnabaizau
3rd singular	*hnabidi	*hnabai	*hnabadau	*hnabadai	*hnabaidau
1st dual	*hnabōz	*hnabaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hnabadiz	*hnabaidiz	*hnabadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hnabamaz	*hnabaim	—	*hnabandai	*hnabaindau
2nd plural	*hnabid	*hnabaid	*hnabid	*hnabandai	*hnabaindau
3rd plural	*hnabandi	*hnabain	*hnabandau	*hnabandai	*hnabaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hnōb	*hnōbį̄
2nd singular	*hnōft	*hnōbīz
3rd singular	*hnōb	*hnōbī
1st dual	*hnōbū	*hnōbīw
2nd dual	*hnōbudiz	*hnōbīdiz
1st plural	*hnōbum	*hnōbīm
2nd plural	*hnōbud	*hnōbīd
3rd plural	*hnōbun	*hnōbīn

	present	past
participles	*hnabandz	*hnabanaz

Related terms

Descendants

Old Norse: hnafa