Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kewwaną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (compare Latin gingīva (“gums”), Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“to eat”), Polish żuć (“to chew”), Persian جویدن (javidan), Pashto [script needed] (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*kewwaną[1][2]

  1. to chew

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *kewwaną (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kewwō *kewwaų — *kewwai ?
2nd singular *kiwwizi *kewwaiz *keww *kewwazai *kewwaizau
3rd singular *kiwwidi *kewwai *kewwadau *kewwadai *kewwaidau
1st dual *kewwōz *kewwaiw — — —
2nd dual *kewwadiz *kewwaidiz *kewwadiz — —
1st plural *kewwamaz *kewwaim — *kewwandai *kewwaindau
2nd plural *kiwwid *kewwaid *kiwwid *kewwandai *kewwaindau
3rd plural *kewwandi *kewwain *kewwandau *kewwandai *kewwaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kau(w) *kuwį̄
2nd singular *kau(w)t *kuwīz
3rd singular *kau(w) *kuwī
1st dual *kuwū *kuwīw
2nd dual *kuwudiz *kuwīdiz
1st plural *kuwum *kuwīm
2nd plural *kuwud *kuwīd
3rd plural *kuwun *kuwīn
present past
participles *kewwandz *kuwanaz

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kewwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 286-287
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kewwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213
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