Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aikaną

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 1

Derived from *aiganą (“to own”).

Verb

*aikaną

1. to make one's own, claim

Inflection

Conjugation of *aikaną (strong class 7a)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*aikō	*aikaų	—	*aikai	?
2nd singular	*aikizi	*aikaiz	*aik	*aikazai	*aikaizau
3rd singular	*aikidi	*aikai	*aikadau	*aikadai	*aikaidau
1st dual	*aikōz	*aikaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*aikadiz	*aikaidiz	*aikadiz	—	—
1st plural	*aikamaz	*aikaim	—	*aikandai	*aikaindau
2nd plural	*aikid	*aikaid	*aikid	*aikandai	*aikaindau
3rd plural	*aikandi	*aikain	*aikandau	*aikandai	*aikaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*eaik	*eaikį̄
2nd singular	*eaiht	*eaikīz
3rd singular	*eaik	*eaikī
1st dual	*eaikū	*eaikīw
2nd dual	*eaikudiz	*eaikīdiz
1st plural	*eaikum	*eaikīm
2nd plural	*eaikud	*eaikīd
3rd plural	*eaikun	*eaikīn
	present	past
participles	*aikandz	*aikanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aikan
  • Old High German: *eihhan (in ineihhan)
• Gothic: *𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (*aikan) (in 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (afaikan))

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *oyk- (“to be out of tune, be grumpy or cranky”).

Verb

*aikaną

1. to rage, be violent

Inflection

Conjugation of *aikaną (strong class 7a)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*aikō	*aikaų	—	*aikai	?
2nd singular	*aikizi	*aikaiz	*aik	*aikazai	*aikaizau
3rd singular	*aikidi	*aikai	*aikadau	*aikadai	*aikaidau
1st dual	*aikōz	*aikaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*aikadiz	*aikaidiz	*aikadiz	—	—
1st plural	*aikamaz	*aikaim	—	*aikandai	*aikaindau
2nd plural	*aikid	*aikaid	*aikid	*aikandai	*aikaindau
3rd plural	*aikandi	*aikain	*aikandau	*aikandai	*aikaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*eaik	*eaikį̄
2nd singular	*eaiht	*eaikīz
3rd singular	*eaik	*eaikī
1st dual	*eaikū	*eaikīw
2nd dual	*eaikudiz	*eaikīdiz
1st plural	*eaikum	*eaikīm
2nd plural	*eaikud	*eaikīd
3rd plural	*eaikun	*eaikīn
	present	past
participles	*aikandz	*aikanaz

Derived terms

• *aikulaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aikan
  • Proto-West Germanic: *aikulōn
    • Old English: āclian
• ⇒ Old Norse: eikinn (past participle)