Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nesaną

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 *nes- (“to return, heal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nesaną

1. to survive, recover, heal

Inflection

Conjugation of *nesaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nesō	*nesaų	—	*nesai	?
2nd singular	*nisizi	*nesaiz	*nes	*nesazai	*nesaizau
3rd singular	*nisidi	*nesai	*nesadau	*nesadai	*nesaidau
1st dual	*nesōz	*nesaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nesadiz	*nesaidiz	*nesadiz	—	—
1st plural	*nesamaz	*nesaim	—	*nesandai	*nesaindau
2nd plural	*nisid	*nesaid	*nisid	*nesandai	*nesaindau
3rd plural	*nesandi	*nesain	*nesandau	*nesandai	*nesaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nas	*nēzį̄
2nd singular	*nast	*nēzīz
3rd singular	*nas	*nēzī
1st dual	*nēzū	*nēzīw
2nd dual	*nēzudiz	*nēzīdiz
1st plural	*nēzum	*nēzīm
2nd plural	*nēzud	*nēzīd
3rd plural	*nēzun	*nēzīn
	present	past
participles	*nesandz	*nezanaz

Derived terms

• *ganesaną
• *nazjaną

Related terms

• *nōzijaną

Descendants

• Old English: nesan
  • ⇒ Old English: ġenesan
• Old Saxon: nesan
  • Middle Low German: nēsen
• Old Dutch: *nesan
  • Middle Dutch: nēsen
• Old High German: nesan
  • Middle High German: nesen
  • ⇒ Old High German: ginesan
  • ⇒ Old High German: irnesan
• Gothic: *𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*nisan) (in 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (ganisan))