Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēaną

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 *(s)neh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nēaną

1. to sew

Inflection

Conjugation of *nēaną (strong class 7d)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nēō	*nēaų	—	*nēai	?
2nd singular	*nēizi	*nēaiz	*nē	*nēazai	*nēaizau
3rd singular	*nēidi	*nēai	*nēadau	*nēadai	*nēaidau
1st dual	*nēōz	*nēaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nēadiz	*nēaidiz	*nēadiz	—	—
1st plural	*nēamaz	*nēaim	—	*nēandai	*nēaindau
2nd plural	*nēid	*nēaid	*nēid	*nēandai	*nēaindau
3rd plural	*nēandi	*nēain	*nēandau	*nēandai	*nēaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nenō	*nenōį̄
2nd singular	*nenōt	*nenōīz
3rd singular	*nenō	*nenōī
1st dual	*nenōū	*nenōīw
2nd dual	*nenōudiz	*nenōīdiz
1st plural	*nenōum	*nenōīm
2nd plural	*nenōud	*nenōīd
3rd plural	*nenōun	*nenōīn
	present	past
participles	*nēandz	*nēanaz

Related terms

• *nēdiz
• *nēþlō

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *nāja
  • West Frisian: naaie (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
• Old Saxon: *nāian
  • Middle Low German: neien
    • German Low German: naihen
• Old Dutch: *nāien
  • Middle Dutch: nâyen
    • Dutch: naaien
      • Afrikaans: naai
        • → English: naai
      • Jersey Dutch: nâje
      • Negerhollands: naai, naej
      • → Aukan: nai
      • → Saramaccan: nái
      • → Sranan Tongo: nai
• Old High German: nāian, nāen
  • Middle High German: nǣjen, nǣn
    • German: nähen
    • Hunsrik: nehe
    • Luxembourgish: néien
    • Vilamovian: nyn
    • Yiddish: נייען (neyen)