Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/freuþaną

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 *prewtH- (to splash). Related to Sanskrit प्रोथति (próthati, to snort).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸreu̯.θɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*freuþaną[1]

  1. to froth

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *freuþō *freuþaų *freuþai ?
2nd singular *friuþizi *freuþaiz *freuþ *freuþazai *freuþaizau
3rd singular *friuþidi *freuþai *freuþadau *freuþadai *freuþaidau
1st dual *freuþōz *freuþaiw
2nd dual *freuþadiz *freuþaidiz *freuþadiz
1st plural *freuþamaz *freuþaim *freuþandai *freuþaindau
2nd plural *friuþid *freuþaid *friuþid *freuþandai *freuþaindau
3rd plural *freuþandi *freuþain *freuþandau *freuþandai *freuþaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *frauþ *fruþį̄
2nd singular *fraust *fruþīz
3rd singular *frauþ *fruþī
1st dual *fruþū *fruþīw
2nd dual *fruþudiz *fruþīdiz
1st plural *fruþum *fruþīm
2nd plural *fruþud *fruþīd
3rd plural *fruþun *fruþīn
present past
participles *freuþandz *fruþanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *freuþan
    • Old English: āfrēoþan

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*freuþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155