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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gāną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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
  • *gēną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-. Suppletive past tense is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-, although all modern Germanic languages have eliminated this stem by further suppletion or innovation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*gāną

  1. to go, to walk

Inflection

Irregular; the present is similar to verbs of weak class 3-ā. The past is suppletive and is formed with a stem *ijj-.

Conjugation of *gāną (irregular, suppletive)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *gō*?———
2nd singular *gaisi*?*gai——
3rd singular *gaiþi*?*gāþau——
1st dual *gōs*?———
2nd dual *gāþiz*?*gāþiz——
1st plural *gāmaz*?———
2nd plural *gaiþ*?*gaiþ——
3rd plural *gānþi*?*gānþau——
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ijjǭ*ijjēdį̄
2nd singular *ijjēz*ijjēdīz
3rd singular *ijjē*ijjēdī
1st dual *ijjēdū*ijjēdīw
2nd dual *ijjēdudiz*ijjēdīdiz
1st plural *ijjēdum*ijjēdīm
2nd plural *ijjēdud*ijjēdīd
3rd plural *ijjēdun*ijjēdīn
present past
participles *gāndz*gānaz

Synonyms

Descendants
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