Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrōtaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- (“to scrape, gnaw”), or alternatively a verbal formation related to *wrōts (“root”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwrɔː.tɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wrōtaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *wrōtō | *wrōtaų | — | *wrōtai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *wrōtizi | *wrōtaiz | *wrōt | *wrōtazai | *wrōtaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *wrōtidi | *wrōtai | *wrōtadau | *wrōtadai | *wrōtaidau | |
| 1st dual | *wrōtōz | *wrōtaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *wrōtadiz | *wrōtaidiz | *wrōtadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *wrōtamaz | *wrōtaim | — | *wrōtandai | *wrōtaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *wrōtid | *wrōtaid | *wrōtid | *wrōtandai | *wrōtaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *wrōtandi | *wrōtain | *wrōtandau | *wrōtandai | *wrōtaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *wewrōt | *wewrōtį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *wewrōst | *wewrōtīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *wewrōt | *wewrōtī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wewrōtū | *wewrōtīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wewrōtudiz | *wewrōtīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wewrōtum | *wewrōtīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wewrōtud | *wewrōtīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wewrōtun | *wewrōtīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *wrōtandz | *wrōtanaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wrōtanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN