Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tinnaną

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 forms

*tinþaną (?)

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *dendʰ-n-e-ti, from a Germanic root with quasi-Indo-European *dendʰ- (“to burn, kindle”), of unclear ultimate origin,^[1] as solid cognates outside of Germanic are lacking.^[2] Osthoff suggests Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (“kindle, burn”) (compare Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō, “to kindle”)), but Pokorny rejects this.^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tinnaną^[1]

to burn

Inflection

Conjugation of *tinnaną (strong class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*tinnō	*tinnaų	—	*tinnai	?
2nd singular	*tinnizi	*tinnaiz	*tinn	*tinnazai	*tinnaizau
3rd singular	*tinnidi	*tinnai	*tinnadau	*tinnadai	*tinnaidau
1st dual	*tinnōz	*tinnaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*tinnadiz	*tinnaidiz	*tinnadiz	—	—
1st plural	*tinnamaz	*tinnaim	—	*tinnandai	*tinnaindau
2nd plural	*tinnid	*tinnaid	*tinnid	*tinnandai	*tinnaindau
3rd plural	*tinnandi	*tinnain	*tinnandau	*tinnandai	*tinnaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tann	*tunnį̄
2nd singular	*tannt	*tunnīz
3rd singular	*tann	*tunnī
1st dual	*tunnū	*tunnīw
2nd dual	*tunnudiz	*tunnīdiz
1st plural	*tunnum	*tunnīm
2nd plural	*tunnud	*tunnīd
3rd plural	*tunnun	*tunnīn

	present	past
participles	*tinnandz	*tunnanaz

Derived terms

Related terms

*tinþslô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tinnan
- Old English: tinnan
- Old High German: *zinnan
  - Middle High German: zinnen, zinden

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tinnan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518
^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zünden”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “dāu-, dǝu-, dū̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 179-81

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tinnan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518

[2] Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zünden”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “dāu-, dǝu-, dū̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 179-81

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