Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spannijaną

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 *spannaną +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*spannijaną

1. to cause to stretch

Inflection

Conjugation of *spannijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*spannijō	*spannijaų	—	*spannijai	?
2nd singular	*spannīsi	*spannijais	*spannī	*spannijasai	*spannijaisau
3rd singular	*spannīþi	*spannijai	*spannijaþau	*spannijaþai	*spannijaiþau
1st dual	*spannijōs	*spannijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*spannijaþiz	*spannijaiþiz	*spannijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*spannijamaz	*spannijaim	—	*spannijanþai	*spannijainþau
2nd plural	*spannīþ	*spannijaiþ	*spannīþ	*spannijanþai	*spannijainþau
3rd plural	*spannijanþi	*spannijain	*spannijanþau	*spannijanþai	*spannijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*spannidǭ	*spannidēdį̄
2nd singular	*spannidēz	*spannidēdīz
3rd singular	*spannidē	*spannidēdī
1st dual	*spannidēdū	*spannidēdīw
2nd dual	*spannidēdudiz	*spannidēdīdiz
1st plural	*spannidēdum	*spannidēdīm
2nd plural	*spannidēdud	*spannidēdīd
3rd plural	*spannidēdun	*spannidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*spannijandz	*spannidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *spannijan
  • Old Saxon: *spennian
    • Middle Low German: spennen
  • Old High German: *spennen
    • Middle High German: spennen
• Old Norse: spenna
  • Icelandic: spenna
  • Faroese: spenna
  • Old Danish: spænne
    • Danish: spænde
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: spenne
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: spenne, spenna
  • Old Swedish: spænna
    • Swedish: spänna