Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sterkaną

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

A lost strong verb, attested only in its past participle, related to *starkuz (stiff, strong).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈster.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sterkaną

  1. to become stiff, stiffen

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sterkō *sterkaų *sterkai ?
2nd singular *stirkizi *sterkaiz *sterk *sterkazai *sterkaizau
3rd singular *stirkidi *sterkai *sterkadau *sterkadai *sterkaidau
1st dual *sterkōz *sterkaiw
2nd dual *sterkadiz *sterkaidiz *sterkadiz
1st plural *sterkamaz *sterkaim *sterkandai *sterkaindau
2nd plural *stirkid *sterkaid *stirkid *sterkandai *sterkaindau
3rd plural *sterkandi *sterkain *sterkandau *sterkandai *sterkaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *stark *sturkį̄
2nd singular *starht *sturkīz
3rd singular *stark *sturkī
1st dual *sturkū *sturkīw
2nd dual *sturkudiz *sturkīdiz
1st plural *sturkum *sturkīm
2nd plural *sturkud *sturkīd
3rd plural *sturkun *sturkīn
present past
participles *sterkandz *sturkanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sterkan
    • Old High German: *sterkan
      • Old High German: gistorkan (reinforced, past participle)
  • Old Norse: *storkinn (past participle)
    • Old Norse: blōðstorkinn (of stiff blood)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sturki-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 488:*sterkan-