Reconstruction:Old Dutch/frouwon

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frawēn. Equivalent to *frō (“happy”) +‎ -on.

Verb

*frouwon

  1. to become happy
  2. to be happy, rejoice

Inflection

Conjugation of *frouwon (weak class 2)
infinitive *frouwon
indicative present past
1st person singular *frouwo, *frouwon *frouwoda
2nd person singular *frouwos *frouwodos
3rd person singular *frouwot *frouwoda
1st person plural *frouwon *frouwodon
2nd person plural *frouwot *frouwodot
3rd person plural *frouwont *frouwodon
subjunctive present past
1st person singular *frouwe *frouwodi
2nd person singular *frouwis *frouwodis
3rd person singular *frouwe *frouwodi
1st person plural *frouwin *frouwodin
2nd person plural *frouwit *frouwodit
3rd person plural *frouwin *frouwodin
imperative present
singular *frouwo
plural *frouwot
participle present past
*frouwondi *frouwot, *gifrouwot

Descendants

Middle Dutch: vrouwen, vrowen, vruwen, vrouden

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.