Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/druppōną

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 earlier paradigm *druppōþi ~ *drubunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *dʰrubʰ-nā́-ti ~ *dʰrubʰ-un-ánti, iterative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (to drop); cognate with Lithuanian dri̇̀bti (to drop).[1] Possibly conflated with a denominative construction *drupô (drop of liquid) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrup.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*druppōną[1]

  1. to drop, to fall
  2. to drip, to seep

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *drupp- against *drub-.

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *druppō *druppǭ *druppōi ?
2nd singular *druppōsi *druppōs *druppō *druppōsai *druppōsau
3rd singular *druppōþi *druppō *druppōþau *druppōþai *druppōþau
1st dual *druppōs *druppōw
2nd dual *druppōþiz *druppōþiz *druppōþiz
1st plural *druppōmaz *druppōm *druppōnþai *druppōnþau
2nd plural *druppōþ *druppōþ *druppōþ *druppōnþai *druppōnþau
3rd plural *druppōnþi *druppōn *druppōnþau *druppōnþai *druppōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *druppōdǭ *druppōdēdį̄
2nd singular *druppōdēz *druppōdēdīz
3rd singular *druppōdē *druppōdēdī
1st dual *druppōdēdū *druppōdēdīw
2nd dual *druppōdēdudiz *druppōdēdīdiz
1st plural *druppōdēdum *druppōdēdīm
2nd plural *druppōdēdud *druppōdēdīd
3rd plural *druppōdēdun *druppōdēdīn
present past
participles *druppōndz *druppōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *droppōn
    • Old English: droppian, dropian
    • Old Saxon: *dropōn
    • Old Dutch: droppon
    • Old High German: tropfōn
  • Old Norse: *droppa, *drubba
    • Norwegian:
      Norwegian Nynorsk: drubba
    • Swedish: droppa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drupp/bōn- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105