Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanjaną

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *kannijaną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵonh₁éyeti, causative formation to the root *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”). Cognate with Sanskrit जनयति (janayati, “to beget, produce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kanjaną

1. to beget, bring forth

Inflection

Conjugation of *kanjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kanjō	*kanjaų	—	*kanjai	?
2nd singular	*kanisi	*kanjais	*kani	*kanjasai	*kanjaisau
3rd singular	*kaniþi	*kanjai	*kanjaþau	*kanjaþai	*kanjaiþau
1st dual	*kanjōs	*kanjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*kanjaþiz	*kanjaiþiz	*kanjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*kanjamaz	*kanjaim	—	*kanjanþai	*kanjainþau
2nd plural	*kaniþ	*kanjaiþ	*kaniþ	*kanjanþai	*kanjainþau
3rd plural	*kanjanþi	*kanjain	*kanjanþau	*kanjanþai	*kanjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kanidǭ	*kanidēdį̄
2nd singular	*kanidēz	*kanidēdīz
3rd singular	*kanidē	*kanidēdī
1st dual	*kanidēdū	*kanidēdīw
2nd dual	*kanidēdudiz	*kanidēdīdiz
1st plural	*kanidēdum	*kanidēdīm
2nd plural	*kanidēdud	*kanidēdīd
3rd plural	*kanidēdun	*kanidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*kanjandz	*kanidaz

Related terms

• *kinþą
• *kinþiz
• *kundiz
• *kunją

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kannjan
  • Old English: cænnan, cennan, cynnan
    • Middle English: kennen
    • ⇒ Old English: oncennan
    • → Old Norse: kenna
  • Old Saxon: kennian
  • Old Dutch: *kennen