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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/diganą

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 reconstructions
  • *dīganą

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*diganą[1][2]

  1. to knead
  2. to create out of clay or dough

Inflection

The present tense forms have the zero grade vowel -i- rather than -ī-.

Conjugation of *diganą (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *digō*digaų—*digai ?
2nd singular *digizi*digaiz*dig*digazai*digaizau
3rd singular *digidi*digai*digadau*digadai*digaidau
1st dual *digōz*digaiw———
2nd dual *digadiz*digaidiz*digadiz——
1st plural *digamaz*digaim—*digandai*digaindau
2nd plural *digid*digaid*digid*digandai*digaindau
3rd plural *digandi*digain*digandau*digandai*digaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *daig*digį̄
2nd singular *daiht*digīz
3rd singular *daig*digī
1st dual *digū*digīw
2nd dual *digudiz*digīdiz
1st plural *digum*digīm
2nd plural *digud*digīd
3rd plural *digun*digīn
present past
participles *digandz*diganaz

Descendants
  • Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (digan)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dīgan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*dīʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
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