Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drabaną

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 *dʰrebʰ- (to grind; crush; kill). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *drobìti (to crush), Lithuanian drė̃bti (to strike), and Latvian drêbt (to beat).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɑ.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*drabaną[1][2]

  1. to hit, hew

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 6)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *drabō *drabaų *drabai ?
2nd singular *drabizi *drabaiz *drab *drabazai *drabaizau
3rd singular *drabidi *drabai *drabadau *drabadai *drabaidau
1st dual *drabōz *drabaiw
2nd dual *drabadiz *drabaidiz *drabadiz
1st plural *drabamaz *drabaim *drabandai *drabaindau
2nd plural *drabid *drabaid *drabid *drabandai *drabaindau
3rd plural *drabandi *drabain *drabandau *drabandai *drabaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *drōb *drōbį̄
2nd singular *drōft *drōbīz
3rd singular *drōb *drōbī
1st dual *drōbū *drōbīw
2nd dual *drōbudiz *drōbīdiz
1st plural *drōbum *drōbīm
2nd plural *drōbud *drōbīd
3rd plural *drōbun *drōbīn
present past
participles *drabandz *drabanaz

Descendants

  • Gothic: *𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*draban)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*draban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98
  2. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “DRAB*-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 160