*ainōną

Runic: ᚨᛁᚾᛟᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɑi̯.nɔː.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 2

Meanings

to unite, combine, join together

Etymology

From *ainaz + *-ōną, literally ‘to make or bring into one’. The base *ainaz continues Proto-Indo-European *h₁óy-no-s; compare Latin ūnus, Old Irish óen, Lithuanian víenas, Old Church Slavonic инъ (inŭ), and Ancient Greek οἴνη (oínē) (Kroonen 2013: s.v. *aina-).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	ainō	ainǭ	–
2nd singular	ainōsi	ainōs	ainō
3rd singular	ainōþi	ainō	ainōþau
1st dual	ainōs	ainōw	–
2nd dual	ainōþiz	ainōþiz	ainōþiz
1st plural	ainōmaz	ainōm	–
2nd plural	ainōþ	ainōþ	ainōþ
3rd plural	ainōnþi	ainōn	ainōnþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	ainōi	–
2nd singular	ainōsai	ainōsau
3rd singular	ainōþai	ainōþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	ainōnþai	ainōnþau
2nd plural	ainōnþai	ainōnþau
3rd plural	ainōnþai	ainōnþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	ainōdǭ	ainōdēdį̄
2nd singular	ainōdēz	ainōdēdīz
3rd singular	ainōdē	ainōdēdī
1st dual	ainōdēdū	ainōdēdīw
2nd dual	ainōdēdudiz	ainōdēdīdiz
1st plural	ainōdēdum	ainōdēdīm
2nd plural	ainōdēdud	ainōdēdīd
3rd plural	ainōdēdun	ainōdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
ainōną	ainōndz	ainōdaz

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Descendants

vereinen (German)
forene (Danish)
forene (Norwegian Bokmål)
förena (Swedish)
sameina (Icelandic)
sameina (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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