Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nazjaną

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 *nesaną (“to save, heal”) +‎ *-janą (“causative suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑz.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nazjaną

1. to save; rescue; heal

Inflection

Conjugation of *nazjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nazjō	*nazjaų	—	*nazjai	?
2nd singular	*nazisi	*nazjais	*nazi	*nazjasai	*nazjaisau
3rd singular	*naziþi	*nazjai	*nazjaþau	*nazjaþai	*nazjaiþau
1st dual	*nazjōs	*nazjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nazjaþiz	*nazjaiþiz	*nazjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nazjamaz	*nazjaim	—	*nazjanþai	*nazjainþau
2nd plural	*naziþ	*nazjaiþ	*naziþ	*nazjanþai	*nazjainþau
3rd plural	*nazjanþi	*nazjain	*nazjanþau	*nazjanþai	*nazjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nazidǭ	*nazidēdį̄
2nd singular	*nazidēz	*nazidēdīz
3rd singular	*nazidē	*nazidēdī
1st dual	*nazidēdū	*nazidēdīw
2nd dual	*nazidēdudiz	*nazidēdīdiz
1st plural	*nazidēdum	*nazidēdīm
2nd plural	*nazidēdud	*nazidēdīd
3rd plural	*nazidēdun	*nazidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*nazjandz	*nazidaz

Derived terms

• *nazīniz
• *nazō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *naʀjan
  • Old English: nerian
    • Middle English: nerian (early)
  • Old Frisian: nera
    • Saterland Frisian: neere
  • Old Saxon: nerian
    • Middle Low German: neren
      • German Low German: nähren
      • → Old Swedish: næra
        • Swedish: nära
      • → Old Danish: næræ
        • Danish: nære
      • → Norwegian:
        • Norwegian Bokmål: nære
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: nære, næra
      • → Old Norse: næra
        • Icelandic: næra
  • Old Dutch: neren
    • Middle Dutch: nēren
      • ⇒ Middle Dutch: genēren
        • Dutch: (obsolete) generen
      • ⇒ Middle Dutch: neringhe
        • Dutch: nering
  • Old High German: nerien, nerjan, nerren, neren
    • Middle High German: nerren, nern, nerigen
      • German: nähren
      • Hunsrik: neere
      • Luxembourgish: nieren
      • Yiddish: נערן (nern)
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (nasjan)

Further reading

• “nære” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• nära in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• “næra (1)” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)