Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strittōną

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 *stridʰ-néh₂-ti, an iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *streydʰ- (to resist), the same root gave rise to the strong verb *strīdaną; see there for cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrit.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*strittōną[1]

  1. (North Germanic) to stand upright
  2. (North Germanic) to resist

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *stritt- against non-singular *strid-.

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *strittō *strittǭ *strittōi ?
2nd singular *strittōsi *strittōs *strittō *strittōsai *strittōsau
3rd singular *strittōþi *strittō *strittōþau *strittōþai *strittōþau
1st dual *strittōs *strittōw
2nd dual *strittōþiz *strittōþiz *strittōþiz
1st plural *strittōmaz *strittōm *strittōnþai *strittōnþau
2nd plural *strittōþ *strittōþ *strittōþ *strittōnþai *strittōnþau
3rd plural *strittōnþi *strittōn *strittōnþau *strittōnþai *strittōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *strittōdǭ *strittōdēdį̄
2nd singular *strittōdēz *strittōdēdīz
3rd singular *strittōdē *strittōdēdī
1st dual *strittōdēdū *strittōdēdīw
2nd dual *strittōdēdudiz *strittōdēdīdiz
1st plural *strittōdēdum *strittōdēdīm
2nd plural *strittōdēdud *strittōdēdīd
3rd plural *strittōdēdun *strittōdēdīn
present past
participles *strittōndz *strittōdaz
  • *straitōną
  • *stridiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: strita, *stritta

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*strit(t)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485