Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwīskrōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *hwis- (“to hiss”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Latin quiritō (“to scream, screech, shriek, squall”).
Verb
*hwīskrōną
- To whistle, hiss, whisper.
- Synonyms: *hwisprōną, *hwisplōną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *hwīskrō | *hwīskrǭ | — | *hwīskrōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *hwīskrōsi | *hwīskrōs | *hwīskrō | *hwīskrōsai | *hwīskrōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *hwīskrōþi | *hwīskrō | *hwīskrōþau | *hwīskrōþai | *hwīskrōþau | |
| 1st dual | *hwīskrōs | *hwīskrōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *hwīskrōþiz | *hwīskrōþiz | *hwīskrōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *hwīskrōmaz | *hwīskrōm | — | *hwīskrōnþai | *hwīskrōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *hwīskrōþ | *hwīskrōþ | *hwīskrōþ | *hwīskrōnþai | *hwīskrōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *hwīskrōnþi | *hwīskrōn | *hwīskrōnþau | *hwīskrōnþai | *hwīskrōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *hwīskrōdǭ | *hwīskrōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *hwīskrōdēz | *hwīskrōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *hwīskrōdē | *hwīskrōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *hwīskrōdēdū | *hwīskrōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *hwīskrōdēdudiz | *hwīskrōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *hwīskrōdēdum | *hwīskrōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *hwīskrōdēdud | *hwīskrōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *hwīskrōdēdun | *hwīskrōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *hwīskrōndz | *hwīskrōdaz | ||||