Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrankijaną

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 the causative of *wrinkaną, or more likely *wringaną +‎ *-janą, the root final -k- was adopted from the iterative verb *wrunkōną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwrɑŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wrankijaną[1]

  1. to wring, to twist

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wrankijō *wrankijaų *wrankijai ?
2nd singular *wrankīsi *wrankijais *wrankī *wrankijasai *wrankijaisau
3rd singular *wrankīþi *wrankijai *wrankijaþau *wrankijaþai *wrankijaiþau
1st dual *wrankijōs *wrankijaiw
2nd dual *wrankijaþiz *wrankijaiþiz *wrankijaþiz
1st plural *wrankijamaz *wrankijaim *wrankijanþai *wrankijainþau
2nd plural *wrankīþ *wrankijaiþ *wrankīþ *wrankijanþai *wrankijainþau
3rd plural *wrankijanþi *wrankijain *wrankijanþau *wrankijanþai *wrankijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wrankidǭ *wrankidēdį̄
2nd singular *wrankidēz *wrankidēdīz
3rd singular *wrankidē *wrankidēdī
1st dual *wrankidēdū *wrankidēdīw
2nd dual *wrankidēdudiz *wrankidēdīdiz
1st plural *wrankidēdum *wrankidēdīm
2nd plural *wrankidēdud *wrankidēdīd
3rd plural *wrankidēdun *wrankidēdīn
present past
participles *wrankijandz *wrankidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wrankijan
    • Old English: wrencan
      • Middle English: wrenchen, wrenche, wrynche, wrenk, wrenke (Northern)
        • English: wrench
        • Middle Scots: wrenk, wrink
    • Old High German: *renken
  • Gothic: *𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*wragkjan)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wrankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594