*ginōną

Runic: ᚷᛁᚾᛟᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɣi.nɔː.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 2

Meanings

to gape
to yawn

Etymology

(SS: the plural didn’t have vocalization of n in plural, see Kroonen n-stems). From Pre-Germanic *gʰh₂i-néh₂-ti ~ *gʰh₂i-nh₂-énti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₂ey-, itself from root *ǵʰeh₂- (‘to yawn, gape’) + *-ey-. See also *gīnaną.

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	ginō	ginǭ	–
2nd singular	ginōsi	ginōs	ginō
3rd singular	ginōþi	ginō	ginōþau
1st dual	ginōs	ginōw	–
2nd dual	ginōþiz	ginōþiz	ginōþiz
1st plural	ginōmaz	ginōm	–
2nd plural	ginōþ	ginōþ	ginōþ
3rd plural	ginōnþi	ginōn	ginōnþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	ginōi	–
2nd singular	ginōsai	ginōsau
3rd singular	ginōþai	ginōþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	ginōnþai	ginōnþau
2nd plural	ginōnþai	ginōnþau
3rd plural	ginōnþai	ginōnþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	ginōdǭ	ginōdēdį̄
2nd singular	ginōdēz	ginōdēdīz
3rd singular	ginōdē	ginōdēdī
1st dual	ginōdēdū	ginōdēdīw
2nd dual	ginōdēdudiz	ginōdēdīdiz
1st plural	ginōdēdum	ginōdēdīm
2nd plural	ginōdēdud	ginōdēdīd
3rd plural	ginōdēdun	ginōdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
ginōną	ginōndz	ginōdaz

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Descendants

*ginōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ginon (Old Dutch)
  - gēnen, ghēnen (Middle Dutch)
*ginōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- ġinian, ġeonian, ġynian (Old English)
  - yenen, yonen, yanen (Middle English)
    - yawn (English)
*ginōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *jinia, *jenia, *jania (Old Frisian)
  - jåne (North Frisian)
  - jaanje, joanje (Saterland Frisian)
*ginōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- ginōn (Old High German)
  - ginen, genen, ginnen (Middle High German)
    - gähnen (German)
*ginōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- ginōn (Old Saxon)
  - gēnen, jēnen, jānen (Middle Low German)
    - jahnen (German Low German)
gina (Old Norse)

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