Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werzaną

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

    Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to haul, drag, grind, hone, whet, polish”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈwer.zɑ.nã/

    Verb

    *werzaną

    1. to cause confusion, disarray

    Inflection

    Conjugation of (strong class 3)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *werzō *werzaų — *werzai ?
    2nd singular *wirzizi *werzaiz *werz *werzazai *werzaizau
    3rd singular *wirzidi *werzai *werzadau *werzadai *werzaidau
    1st dual *werzōz *werzaiw — — —
    2nd dual *werzadiz *werzaidiz *werzadiz — —
    1st plural *werzamaz *werzaim — *werzandai *werzaindau
    2nd plural *wirzid *werzaid *wirzid *werzandai *werzaindau
    3rd plural *werzandi *werzain *werzandau *werzandai *werzaindau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *warz *wurzį̄
    2nd singular *warzt *wurzīz
    3rd singular *warz *wurzī
    1st dual *wurzū *wurzīw
    2nd dual *wurzudiz *wurzīdiz
    1st plural *wurzum *wurzīm
    2nd plural *wurzud *wurzīd
    3rd plural *wurzun *wurzīn
    present past
    participles *werzandz *wurzanaz

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “wirr”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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