Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrekaną

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 *wreg- (“track, hunt, follow”). Cognate with Hittite ūrki- (“track”), Tocharian B werke (“to chase, hunt”), Sanskrit व्रजति (vrájati, “to go, walk, move”), and perhaps Latin urgēre (“to be urgent”), Proto-Slavic *vèrťi (“to throw, cast”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwre.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wrekaną

  1. to pursue, to drive out

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wrekō *wrekaų — *wrekai ?
2nd singular *wrikizi *wrekaiz *wrek *wrekazai *wrekaizau
3rd singular *wrikidi *wrekai *wrekadau *wrekadai *wrekaidau
1st dual *wrekōz *wrekaiw — — —
2nd dual *wrekadiz *wrekaidiz *wrekadiz — —
1st plural *wrekamaz *wrekaim — *wrekandai *wrekaindau
2nd plural *wrikid *wrekaid *wrikid *wrekandai *wrekaindau
3rd plural *wrekandi *wrekain *wrekandau *wrekandai *wrekaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wrak *wrēkį̄
2nd singular *wraht *wrēkīz
3rd singular *wrak *wrēkī
1st dual *wrēkū *wrēkīw
2nd dual *wrēkudiz *wrēkīdiz
1st plural *wrēkum *wrēkīm
2nd plural *wrēkud *wrēkīd
3rd plural *wrēkun *wrēkīn
present past
participles *wrekandz *wrekanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wrekan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 595
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