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Proto-Germanic

Inflection

Conjugation of *nēhwijaną (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*nēhwijō	*nēhwijaų	—	*nēhwijai	?
2nd singular	*nēhwīsi	*nēhwijais	*nēhwī	*nēhwijasai	*nēhwijaisau
3rd singular	*nēhwīþi	*nēhwijai	*nēhwijaþau	*nēhwijaþai	*nēhwijaiþau
1st dual	*nēhwijōs	*nēhwijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nēhwijaþiz	*nēhwijaiþiz	*nēhwijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nēhwijamaz	*nēhwijaim	—	*nēhwijanþai	*nēhwijainþau
2nd plural	*nēhwīþ	*nēhwijaiþ	*nēhwīþ	*nēhwijanþai	*nēhwijainþau
3rd plural	*nēhwijanþi	*nēhwijain	*nēhwijanþau	*nēhwijanþai	*nēhwijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nēhwidǭ	*nēhwidēdį̄
2nd singular	*nēhwidēz	*nēhwidēdīz
3rd singular	*nēhwidē	*nēhwidēdī
1st dual	*nēhwidēdū	*nēhwidēdīw
2nd dual	*nēhwidēdudiz	*nēhwidēdīdiz
1st plural	*nēhwidēdum	*nēhwidēdīm
2nd plural	*nēhwidēdud	*nēhwidēdīd
3rd plural	*nēhwidēdun	*nēhwidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*nēhwijandz	*nēhwidaz

Category:Proto-Germanic class 1 weak verbs#NEHWIJANĄ

Related terms

*nēhwāną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *nāhwijan
- Old English: nǣgan
  - ⇒ Old English: ġenǣgan
- Old Saxon: nāhian
  - Middle Low German: nēgen
- Old High German: nāhen
  - Middle High German: nähen
Norwegian Bokmål: nærme
Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌾𐌰𐌽 (nēƕjan)

References

↑ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*nēxwēnan ~ *nēxwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003), “*nēxwēnan ~ *nēxwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwijaną

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Inflection

Related terms

Descendants

References