Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/greupaną

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

Kroonen assumes a back-formation from the iterative *gruppōną (to dig, hollow out) - *grubōną, with the quasi-Proto-Indo-European form of the root as *gʰrewbʰ- (to grind).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣreu̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*greupaną[1]

  1. to cut up, to grind

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *greupō *greupaų *greupai ?
2nd singular *griupizi *greupaiz *greup *greupazai *greupaizau
3rd singular *griupidi *greupai *greupadau *greupadai *greupaidau
1st dual *greupōz *greupaiw
2nd dual *greupadiz *greupaidiz *greupadiz
1st plural *greupamaz *greupaim *greupandai *greupaindau
2nd plural *griupid *greupaid *griupid *greupandai *greupaindau
3rd plural *greupandi *greupain *greupandau *greupandai *greupaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *graup *grupį̄
2nd singular *grauft *grupīz
3rd singular *graup *grupī
1st dual *grupū *grupīw
2nd dual *grupudiz *grupīdiz
1st plural *grupum *grupīm
2nd plural *grupud *grupīd
3rd plural *grupun *grupīn
present past
participles *greupandz *grupanaz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: *grjópa, *grúpa
    • Norwegian:
      Nynorsk: grjupe, grupe
    • Elfdalian: griuopa
    • Swedish: grjopa
    • Gutnish: gröipa, grypa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*greupan- ~ *grūpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 188-189