Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrawōną

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 *þrawō (suffering, longing) +‎ *-ōną.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθra.wɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þrawōną[1][2]

  1. to desire, long for
  2. to suffer, endure
  3. to threaten

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þrawō *þrawǭ *þrawōi ?
2nd singular *þrawōsi *þrawōs *þrawō *þrawōsai *þrawōsau
3rd singular *þrawōþi *þrawō *þrawōþau *þrawōþai *þrawōþau
1st dual *þrawōs *þrawōw
2nd dual *þrawōþiz *þrawōþiz *þrawōþiz
1st plural *þrawōmaz *þrawōm *þrawōnþai *þrawōnþau
2nd plural *þrawōþ *þrawōþ *þrawōþ *þrawōnþai *þrawōnþau
3rd plural *þrawōnþi *þrawōn *þrawōnþau *þrawōnþai *þrawōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þrawōdǭ *þrawōdēdį̄
2nd singular *þrawōdēz *þrawōdēdīz
3rd singular *þrawōdē *þrawōdēdī
1st dual *þrawōdēdū *þrawōdēdīw
2nd dual *þrawōdēdudiz *þrawōdēdīdiz
1st plural *þrawōdēdum *þrawōdēdīm
2nd plural *þrawōdēdud *þrawōdēdīd
3rd plural *þrawōdēdun *þrawōdēdīn
present past
participles *þrawōndz *þrawōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þrawōn
    • Old English: þrēawian
    • Old Saxon: *thrōōn
      • Middle Low German: drouwen, drowen, drauwen, drūwen
    • Old High German: *drōōn
  • Old Norse: þrá

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þrawō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 545-6:*þrawōjan
  2. 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þrawōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 425