Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mīganą

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 *h₃méyǵʰeti, from *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mīganą

1. to urinate

Inflection

Conjugation of *mīganą (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mīgō	*mīgaų	—	*mīgai	?
2nd singular	*mīgizi	*mīgaiz	*mīg	*mīgazai	*mīgaizau
3rd singular	*mīgidi	*mīgai	*mīgadau	*mīgadai	*mīgaidau
1st dual	*mīgōz	*mīgaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mīgadiz	*mīgaidiz	*mīgadiz	—	—
1st plural	*mīgamaz	*mīgaim	—	*mīgandai	*mīgaindau
2nd plural	*mīgid	*mīgaid	*mīgid	*mīgandai	*mīgaindau
3rd plural	*mīgandi	*mīgain	*mīgandau	*mīgandai	*mīgaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*maig	*migį̄
2nd singular	*maiht	*migīz
3rd singular	*maig	*migī
1st dual	*migū	*migīw
2nd dual	*migudiz	*migīdiz
1st plural	*migum	*migīm
2nd plural	*migud	*migīd
3rd plural	*migun	*migīn
	present	past
participles	*mīgandz	*miganaz

Related terms

• *miggōną
• *mihsą
• *mihsǭ
• *mihstuz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mīgan
  • Old English: mīgan
    • Middle English: mīȝen
  • Old Frisian: *mīga
    • Saterland Frisian: miege
    • West Frisian: mige
  • Old Saxon: *mīgan
    • Middle Low German: mîgen
      • Low German: miegen
        • → Dutch: miegen
  • Old Dutch: *mīgan
    • Middle Dutch: migen
• Old Norse: míga
  • Icelandic: míga
  • Faroese: míga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: miga, mige (e and split infinitives)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mige
  • Old Swedish: migha
    • Swedish: miga
  • Old Danish: mighæ
    • Danish: mige