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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spinnaną
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénh₁-ne-, from *(s)penh₁- (“to spin thread, plait, weave, sew; to stretch”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *pínˀtei (“to stretch”), and Old Armenian հենում (henum, “to weave, sew together”). Potentially a doublet of *spannaną (“to stretch, tighten, fasten”) and/or *fanô (“cloth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspin.nɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *spinnaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *spinnō | *spinnaų | — | *spinnai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *spinnizi | *spinnaiz | *spinn | *spinnazai | *spinnaizau |
| 3rd singular | *spinnidi | *spinnai | *spinnadau | *spinnadai | *spinnaidau |
| 1st dual | *spinnōz | *spinnaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *spinnadiz | *spinnaidiz | *spinnadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *spinnamaz | *spinnaim | — | *spinnandai | *spinnaindau |
| 2nd plural | *spinnid | *spinnaid | *spinnid | *spinnandai | *spinnaindau |
| 3rd plural | *spinnandi | *spinnain | *spinnandau | *spinnandai | *spinnaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *spann | *spunnį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *spannt | *spunnīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *spann | *spunnī | |||
| 1st dual | *spunnū | *spunnīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *spunnudiz | *spunnīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *spunnum | *spunnīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *spunnud | *spunnīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *spunnun | *spunnīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *spinnandz | *spunnanaz | |||
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*spinnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*spennanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 364
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