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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *jehaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_jehaną</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_cel-x-proto_yextis" xml:lang="cel-x-proto" type="cognate">
          <orth>*yextis</orth>
          <def>language</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_san_yacati" xml:lang="san" type="cognate">
          <orth>याचति</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>yā́cati</orth>
          </form>
          <def>to ask, entreat</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_jehana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jehaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>jehaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈje.xɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛃᛖᚺᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 5</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to speak, say, express</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European *yék-e-ti, from *yek- (‘to speak’). Cognate with Sanskrit <mentioned xml:lang="san" target="#cog_san_yacati"><ref target="#cog_san_yacati">याचति</ref></mentioned> (yā́cati, ‘to ask, entreat’), Proto-Celtic <mentioned xml:lang="cel-x-proto" target="#cog_cel-x-proto_yextis"><ref target="#cog_cel-x-proto_yextis">*yextis</ref></mentioned> (‘language’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>jehō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>jehaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>jehai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>jihizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>jehaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>jeh</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>jehazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>jehaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>jihidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>jehai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>jehadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>jehadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>jehaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>jehōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>jehaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>jehadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>jehaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>jehadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>jehamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>jehaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>jehandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>jehaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>jihid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>jehaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>jihid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>jehandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>jehaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>jehandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>jehain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>jehandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>jehandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>jehaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>jah</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>jēgį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>jaht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>jēgīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>jah</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>jēgī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>jēgū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>jēgīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>jēgudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>jēgīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>jēgum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>jēgīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>jēgud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>jēgīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>jēgun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>jēgīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>jehandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>jeganaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>jehaną</orth>
            </form>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*jehan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>jā</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*jehan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>gian</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>gien</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*jehan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old French</lang>
                    <orth>gehir, geïr, gehine, gehisner</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle French</lang>
                      <orth>gehir, gehenne, genner</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Franc-Comtois</lang>
                        <orth>dgeinne</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>French</lang>
                        <orth>gêne, gêner</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*jehan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>jehan, gehan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>jëhen, gehen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>jehen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*jehan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*jehan, gehan, gean, *ge-jehan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>jēn, jein, gēn, gein</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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