Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/treganą

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 *dreǵʰ- (to be unwilling, vexed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtre.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*treganą

  1. to suffer, be sick, grieve

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tregō *tregaų *tregai ?
2nd singular *trigizi *tregaiz *treg *tregazai *tregaizau
3rd singular *trigidi *tregai *tregadau *tregadai *tregaidau
1st dual *tregōz *tregaiw
2nd dual *tregadiz *tregaidiz *tregadiz
1st plural *tregamaz *tregaim *tregandai *tregaindau
2nd plural *trigid *tregaid *trigid *tregandai *tregaindau
3rd plural *tregandi *tregain *tregandau *tregandai *tregaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *trag *trēgį̄
2nd singular *traht *trēgīz
3rd singular *trag *trēgī
1st dual *trēgū *trēgīw
2nd dual *trēgudiz *trēgīdiz
1st plural *trēgum *trēgīm
2nd plural *trēgud *trēgīd
3rd plural *trēgun *trēgīn
present past
participles *tregandz *treganaz

Alternative reconstructions

  • *tregōną

Derived terms

Descendants

Alternatively, the weak descendants could be from a hypothetical *tregōną

  • Proto-West Germanic: *tregan
    • Old English: treġian (weak verb)
      • Middle English: treyen
    • Old Saxon: tregan
    • Old Dutch: *tregon
      • Middle Dutch: tregen (weak verb)
  • Old Norse: trega (weak verb)