ganāną – Proto-Germanic verb conjugation

Proto-Germanic verb forms of ganāną

Active Voice

Indicative Present

1st sing.ganō
2nd sing.ganaisi
3rd sing.ganaiþi
1st dualganōs
2nd dualganāþiz
1st plur.ganāmaz
2nd plur.ganaiþ
3rd plur.ganānþi

Indicative Past

1st sing.ganadǭ
2nd sing.ganadēz
3rd sing.ganadē
1st dualganadēdū
2nd dualganadēdudiz
1st plur.ganadēdum
2nd plur.ganadēdud
3rd plur.ganadēdun

Subjunctive Present

Subjunctive Past

1st sing.ganadēdį̄
2nd sing.ganadēdīz
3rd sing.ganadēdī
1st dualganadēdīw
2nd dualganadēdīdiz
1st plur.ganadēdīm
2nd plur.ganadēdīd
3rd plur.ganadēdīn

Imperative

2nd sing.ganai
3rd sing.ganāþau
2nd dualganāþiz
2nd plur.ganaiþ
3rd plur.ganānþau

Passive Voice

Indicative

2nd sing.ganāsai
3rd sing.ganāþai
1st plur.ganānþai
2nd plur.ganānþai
3rd plur.ganānþai

Subjunctive

Participles

Presentganāndz
Pastganadaz

Etymology

1. According to Kroonen this stative verb is backformed from an original nasal-present Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂-néh₂-, which is derived from the root *ǵʰeh₂- and suffix *-néh₂-.
2. Alternatively it could be derived from the noun *ganaz (“yawn”) + *-āną.

Cognates

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