Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nūaną

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

• *nūwaną - *newwaną
• *nōwaną - *nōwwaną

Etymology

Possibly related to Latin nuō and Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to nod, to wave”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.wɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nūaną

1. to rub, to grind

Inflection

Conjugation of *nūaną (strong class 7)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nūō	*nūaų	—	*nūai	?
2nd singular	*nūizi	*nūaiz	*nū	*nūazai	*nūaizau
3rd singular	*nūidi	*nūai	*nūadau	*nūadai	*nūaidau
1st dual	*nūōz	*nūaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nūadiz	*nūaidiz	*nūadiz	—	—
1st plural	*nūamaz	*nūaim	—	*nūandai	*nūaindau
2nd plural	*nūid	*nūaid	*nūid	*nūandai	*nūaindau
3rd plural	*nūandi	*nūain	*nūandau	*nūandai	*nūaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nenū	*nenūį̄
2nd singular	*nenūt	*nenūīz
3rd singular	*nenū	*nenūī
1st dual	*nenūū	*nenūīw
2nd dual	*nenūudiz	*nenūīdiz
1st plural	*nenūum	*nenūīm
2nd plural	*nenūud	*nenūīd
3rd plural	*nenūun	*nenūīn
	present	past
participles	*nūandz	*nūanaz

Descendants

• >? Proto-West Germanic: *nūwan, *neuwan
  • >? Old High German: niuwan (possibly from *hnewwaną instead)
• Old Norse: núa
  • Icelandic: núa
  • ⇒ Old Norse: bnúa
  • ⇒ Old Norse: gnúa
• Gothic: *𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (*nauan)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bnauan)