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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þinsaną

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 *tens- (“to stretch”). Related to Lithuanian tęsti (“to stretch (out); to continue, extend”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθin.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þinsaną[1][2]

  1. to stretch

Inflection
Conjugation of *þinsaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þinsō*þinsaų—*þinsai ?
2nd singular *þinsizi*þinsaiz*þins*þinsazai*þinsaizau
3rd singular *þinsidi*þinsai*þinsadau*þinsadai*þinsaidau
1st dual *þinsōz*þinsaiw———
2nd dual *þinsadiz*þinsaidiz*þinsadiz——
1st plural *þinsamaz*þinsaim—*þinsandai*þinsaindau
2nd plural *þinsid*þinsaid*þinsid*þinsandai*þinsaindau
3rd plural *þinsandi*þinsain*þinsandau*þinsandai*þinsaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þans*þunsį̄
2nd singular *þanst*þunsīz
3rd singular *þans*þunsī
1st dual *þunsū*þunsīw
2nd dual *þunsudiz*þunsīdiz
1st plural *þunsum*þunsīm
2nd plural *þunsud*þunsīd
3rd plural *þunsun*þunsīn
present past
participles *þinsandz*þunsanaz

Derived terms
  • *þansijaną

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *þinsan
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽 (þinsan)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þinsan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 543-544
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*þensanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 421
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