Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trūwāną

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 *trūwaz (faithful) +‎ *-āną, with quasi-Indo-European form *druH-e₁-ye-ti. See *triwwiz (loyal, trustworthy) for more.[1]

Verb

*trūwāną[1]

  1. to trust

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *trūwō ? ? ?
2nd singular *trūwaisi ? *trūwai *trūwāsai ?
3rd singular *trūwaiþi ? *trūwāþau *trūwāþai ?
1st dual *trūwōs ?
2nd dual *trūwāþiz ? *trūwāþiz
1st plural *trūwāmaz ? *trūwānþai ?
2nd plural *trūwaiþ ? *trūwaiþ *trūwānþai ?
3rd plural *trūwānþi ? *trūwānþau *trūwānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *trūwadǭ *trūwadēdį̄
2nd singular *trūwadēz *trūwadēdīz
3rd singular *trūwadē *trūwadēdī
1st dual *trūwadēdū *trūwadēdīw
2nd dual *trūwadēdudiz *trūwadēdīdiz
1st plural *trūwadēdum *trūwadēdīm
2nd plural *trūwadēdud *trūwadēdīd
3rd plural *trūwadēdun *trūwadēdīn
present past
participles *trūwāndz *trūwadaz

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*trūēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523