Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrēaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tréh₁-e-ti, from *treh₁-, *terh₁- (to rub, turn, pierce).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθrɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þrēaną

  1. to twist, to turn

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7d)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þrēō *þrēaų *þrēai ?
2nd singular *þrēizi *þrēaiz *þrē *þrēazai *þrēaizau
3rd singular *þrēidi *þrēai *þrēadau *þrēadai *þrēaidau
1st dual *þrēōz *þrēaiw
2nd dual *þrēadiz *þrēaidiz *þrēadiz
1st plural *þrēamaz *þrēaim *þrēandai *þrēaindau
2nd plural *þrēid *þrēaid *þrēid *þrēandai *þrēaindau
3rd plural *þrēandi *þrēain *þrēandau *þrēandai *þrēaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þeþrō *þeþrōį̄
2nd singular *þeþrōt *þeþrōīz
3rd singular *þeþrō *þeþrōī
1st dual *þeþrōū *þeþrōīw
2nd dual *þeþrōudiz *þeþrōīdiz
1st plural *þeþrōum *þeþrōīm
2nd plural *þeþrōud *þeþrōīd
3rd plural *þeþrōun *þeþrōīn
present past
participles *þrēandz *þrēanaz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þrēan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 546