Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiganaz

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

Alternative forms

*aiginaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.ɣɑ.nɑz/

Participle

*aiganaz

past participle of *aiganą

Adjective

*aiganaz^[1]

own

Inflection

Declension of *aiganaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aiganaz	*aiganai	*aiganō	*aiganôz	*aiganą, -atō	*aiganō
Accusative	*aigananǭ	*aigananz	*aiganǭ	*aiganōz	*aiganą, -atō	*aiganō
Genitive	*aiganas, -is	*aiganaizǫ̂	*aiganaizōz	*aiganaizǫ̂	*aiganas, -is	*aiganaizǫ̂
Dative	*aiganammai	*aiganaimaz	*aiganaizōi	*aiganaimaz	*aiganammai	*aiganaimaz
Instrumental	*aigananō	*aiganaimiz	*aiganaizō	*aiganaimiz	*aigananō	*aiganaimiz

Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aiganô	*aigananiz	*aiganǭ	*aiganōniz	*aiganô	*aiganōnō
Accusative	*aigananų	*aigananunz	*aiganōnų	*aiganōnunz	*aiganô	*aiganōnō
Genitive	*aiganiniz	*aigananǫ̂	*aiganōniz	*aiganōnǫ̂	*aiganiniz	*aigananǫ̂
Dative	*aiganini	*aiganammaz	*aiganōni	*aiganōmaz	*aiganini	*aiganammaz
Instrumental	*aiganinē	*aiganammiz	*aiganōnē	*aiganōmiz	*aiganinē	*aiganammiz

Derived terms

*aiginōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *aigan
- Old English: āgan
  - Middle English: owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
    - English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
    - Scots: aw, awe
- Old Frisian: āga, hāga
  - North Frisian: age
- Old Saxon: ēgan
  - Middle Low German: êgen, eigen
    - German Low German: egen
- Old Dutch: *ēgan
  - Middle Dutch: eigen, êgen
    - Dutch: eigen (see there for further descendants)
- Old High German: eigan
  - Middle High German: eigen
Old Norse: eiginn
- Icelandic: eiginn
- Faroese: egin
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eigen
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: eigen
- Elfdalian: iegen
- Old Swedish: ēghin
  - Swedish: egen
- Danish: egen
  - Norwegian Bokmål: egen

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aigena-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aigena-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8

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