Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwāną

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 *nēhwaz (“near, close”) +‎ *-āną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛː.xʷɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nēhwāną

1. to come closer, to approach

Inflection

Conjugation of *nēhwāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nēhwō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*nēhwaisi	?	*nēhwai	*nēhwāsai	?
3rd singular	*nēhwaiþi	?	*nēhwāþau	*nēhwāþai	?
1st dual	*nēhwōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nēhwāþiz	?	*nēhwāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nēhwāmaz	?	—	*nēhwānþai	?
2nd plural	*nēhwaiþ	?	*nēhwaiþ	*nēhwānþai	?
3rd plural	*nēhwānþi	?	*nēhwānþau	*nēhwānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nēhwadǭ	*nēhwadēdį̄
2nd singular	*nēhwadēz	*nēhwadēdīz
3rd singular	*nēhwadē	*nēhwadēdī
1st dual	*nēhwadēdū	*nēhwadēdīw
2nd dual	*nēhwadēdudiz	*nēhwadēdīdiz
1st plural	*nēhwadēdum	*nēhwadēdīm
2nd plural	*nēhwadēdud	*nēhwadēdīd
3rd plural	*nēhwadēdun	*nēhwadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*nēhwāndz	*nēhwadaz

Related terms

• *nēhwijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *nāhwēn
  • Old English: *nēahian, *nēahwian
    • ⇒ Old English: ġenēahian, ġenēahwian
    • Middle English: neighen
      • English: nigh
  • Old Saxon: *nāhōn
    • Middle Low German: nâgen
  • Old Dutch: *nāhon
    • Middle Dutch: nâen
  • Old High German: nāhēn
    • Middle High German: nahen
      • German: nahen
• Old Norse: ná
  • Icelandic: ná
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: nå
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: nå
  • Swedish: nå
  • Danish: nå