Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drinkaną

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp), nasalised variant of *dʰreǵ- (to draw, glide). Cognate with Lithuanian drė́gti (to become moist), Sanskrit ध्रजति (dhrájati, to glide, swoop).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdriŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*drinkaną

  1. to drink

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *drinkō *drinkaų *drinkai ?
2nd singular *drinkizi *drinkaiz *drink *drinkazai *drinkaizau
3rd singular *drinkidi *drinkai *drinkadau *drinkadai *drinkaidau
1st dual *drinkōz *drinkaiw
2nd dual *drinkadiz *drinkaidiz *drinkadiz
1st plural *drinkamaz *drinkaim *drinkandai *drinkaindau
2nd plural *drinkid *drinkaid *drinkid *drinkandai *drinkaindau
3rd plural *drinkandi *drinkain *drinkandau *drinkandai *drinkaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *drank *drunkį̄
2nd singular *dranht *drunkīz
3rd singular *drank *drunkī
1st dual *drunkū *drunkīw
2nd dual *drunkudiz *drunkīdiz
1st plural *drunkum *drunkīm
2nd plural *drunkud *drunkīd
3rd plural *drunkun *drunkīn
present past
participles *drinkandz *drunkanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drinkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 103
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đrenkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75