Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/firrijaną

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 *ferrai (far) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɸir.ri.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*firrijaną[1]

  1. to remove, take away, deprive
  2. to depart from, withdraw

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *firrijō *firrijaų *firrijai ?
2nd singular *firrīsi *firrijais *firrī *firrijasai *firrijaisau
3rd singular *firrīþi *firrijai *firrijaþau *firrijaþai *firrijaiþau
1st dual *firrijōs *firrijaiw
2nd dual *firrijaþiz *firrijaiþiz *firrijaþiz
1st plural *firrijamaz *firrijaim *firrijanþai *firrijainþau
2nd plural *firrīþ *firrijaiþ *firrīþ *firrijanþai *firrijainþau
3rd plural *firrijanþi *firrijain *firrijanþau *firrijanþai *firrijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *firridǭ *firridēdį̄
2nd singular *firridēz *firridēdīz
3rd singular *firridē *firridēdī
1st dual *firridēdū *firridēdīw
2nd dual *firridēdudiz *firridēdīdiz
1st plural *firridēdum *firridēdīm
2nd plural *firridēdud *firridēdīd
3rd plural *firridēdun *firridēdīn
present past
participles *firrijandz *firridaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *firrijan
    • Old English: fierran, feorran, firran, fyrran
    • Old Saxon: firrian
      • Middle Low German: vēren, verren
    • Old Dutch: *firren
    • Old High German: firren
  • Old Norse: firra

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ferrjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137