Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrewwaną

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 *trew(H)- (“to nourish, to grow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθrew.wɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þrewwaną[1]

  1. to grow, to thrive

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þrewwō *þrewwaų — *þrewwai ?
2nd singular *þriwwizi *þrewwaiz *þreww *þrewwazai *þrewwaizau
3rd singular *þriwwidi *þrewwai *þrewwadau *þrewwadai *þrewwaidau
1st dual *þrewwōz *þrewwaiw — — —
2nd dual *þrewwadiz *þrewwaidiz *þrewwadiz — —
1st plural *þrewwamaz *þrewwaim — *þrewwandai *þrewwaindau
2nd plural *þriwwid *þrewwaid *þriwwid *þrewwandai *þrewwaindau
3rd plural *þrewwandi *þrewwain *þrewwandau *þrewwandai *þrewwaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þrau(w) *þruwį̄
2nd singular *þrau(w)t *þruwīz
3rd singular *þrau(w) *þruwī
1st dual *þruwū *þruwīw
2nd dual *þruwudiz *þruwīdiz
1st plural *þruwum *þruwīm
2nd plural *þruwud *þruwīd
3rd plural *þruwun *þruwīn
present past
participles *þrewwandz *þruwanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þreuwan
    • Old High German: driuwan

References

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