Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahjaną

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

Uncertain. Has been compared to *h₃ekʷ- (“to see”) (by Osthoff) and to Ancient Greek ὄκνος (óknos, “hesitation”) (by Pokorny). Kroonen is unconvinced by the previously-mentioned proposals, and instead suggests it could be identical to *ahjaną (“to graze”), whence Old Norse æja, if the intermediate meaning was “to ruminate”; however, he prefers reconstructs that verb as *aiwjaną, which would preclude a relation.

Verb

*ahjaną

1. to think

Inflection

Conjugation of *ahjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ahjō	*ahjaų	—	*ahjai	?
2nd singular	*ahisi	*ahjais	*ahi	*ahjasai	*ahjaisau
3rd singular	*ahiþi	*ahjai	*ahjaþau	*ahjaþai	*ahjaiþau
1st dual	*ahjōs	*ahjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*ahjaþiz	*ahjaiþiz	*ahjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*ahjamaz	*ahjaim	—	*ahjanþai	*ahjainþau
2nd plural	*ahiþ	*ahjaiþ	*ahiþ	*ahjanþai	*ahjainþau
3rd plural	*ahjanþi	*ahjain	*ahjanþau	*ahjanþai	*ahjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ahidǭ	*ahidēdį̄
2nd singular	*ahidēz	*ahidēdīz
3rd singular	*ahidē	*ahidēdī
1st dual	*ahidēdū	*ahidēdīw
2nd dual	*ahidēdudiz	*ahidēdīdiz
1st plural	*ahidēdum	*ahidēdīm
2nd plural	*ahidēdud	*ahidēdīd
3rd plural	*ahidēdun	*ahidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*ahjandz	*ahidaz

Related terms

• Proto-West Germanic:
  • *ahtu (possibly)

Descendants

• Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ahjan)