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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gawahwaną
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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
- *gawahwnijaną, *gawahnijaną
Etymology
From *ga- + *wahwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣɑ.ˈwɑ.xʷɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Like *sehwaną, the inflection shows a three-way reflex of Indo-European *kʷ, as a result of both Verner alternation and loss of *gw.
Conjugation of *gawahwaną (strong class 6)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *gawahwō | *gawahwaų | — | *gawahwai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *gawahwizi | *gawahwaiz | *gawahw | *gawahwazai | *gawahwaizau |
| 3rd singular | *gawahwidi | *gawahwai | *gawahwadau | *gawahwadai | *gawahwaidau |
| 1st dual | *gawahwōz | *gawahwaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *gawahwadiz | *gawahwaidiz | *gawahwadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *gawahwamaz | *gawahwaim | — | *gawahwandai | *gawahwaindau |
| 2nd plural | *gawahwid | *gawahwaid | *gawahwid | *gawahwandai | *gawahwaindau |
| 3rd plural | *gawahwandi | *gawahwain | *gawahwandau | *gawahwandai | *gawahwaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *gawōhw | *gawōwį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *gawōht | *gawōwīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *gawōhw | *gawōwī | |||
| 1st dual | *gawōgū | *gawōwīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *gawōgudiz | *gawōwīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *gawōgum | *gawōwīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *gawōgud | *gawōwīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *gawōgun | *gawōwīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *gawahwandz | *gawawanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *gawahtaz
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *giwahan
- Old Dutch: *giwān
- Old High German: giwahan, giwahanen
- Middle High German: gewahen, gewähenen
- German: gewähnen; erwähnen (with a different prefix)
- Saterland Frisian: ärwääne
- German: gewähnen; erwähnen (with a different prefix)
- Middle High German: gewahen, gewähenen
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