Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nautijaną

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 *neutaną (“to use, enjoy”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑu̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nautijaną

to cause to use
to employ

Inflection

Conjugation of *nautijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*nautijō	*nautijaų	—	*nautijai	?
2nd singular	*nautīsi	*nautijais	*nautī	*nautijasai	*nautijaisau
3rd singular	*nautīþi	*nautijai	*nautijaþau	*nautijaþai	*nautijaiþau
1st dual	*nautijōs	*nautijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nautijaþiz	*nautijaiþiz	*nautijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nautijamaz	*nautijaim	—	*nautijanþai	*nautijainþau
2nd plural	*nautīþ	*nautijaiþ	*nautīþ	*nautijanþai	*nautijainþau
3rd plural	*nautijanþi	*nautijain	*nautijanþau	*nautijanþai	*nautijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nautidǭ	*nautidēdį̄
2nd singular	*nautidēz	*nautidēdīz
3rd singular	*nautidē	*nautidēdī
1st dual	*nautidēdū	*nautidēdīw
2nd dual	*nautidēdudiz	*nautidēdīdiz
1st plural	*nautidēdum	*nautidēdīm
2nd plural	*nautidēdud	*nautidēdīd
3rd plural	*nautidēdun	*nautidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*nautijandz	*nautidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *nautijan
- Old Frisian: nēta
Old Norse: neyta
- Icelandic: neyta
→ Proto-Finnic: *nauttidak (see there for further descendants)