Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/writtōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
An iterative verb to the strong verb *wrītaną (“to write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-ti.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwrit.tɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*writtōną[1]
Inflection
The original paradigm would have consisted of two stem variants, singular *writt- against non-singular *writ-.
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *writtō | *writtǭ | — | *writtōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *writtōsi | *writtōs | *writtō | *writtōsai | *writtōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *writtōþi | *writtō | *writtōþau | *writtōþai | *writtōþau | |
| 1st dual | *writtōs | *writtōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *writtōþiz | *writtōþiz | *writtōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *writtōmaz | *writtōm | — | *writtōnþai | *writtōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *writtōþ | *writtōþ | *writtōþ | *writtōnþai | *writtōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *writtōnþi | *writtōn | *writtōnþau | *writtōnþai | *writtōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *writtōdǭ | *writtōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *writtōdēz | *writtōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *writtōdē | *writtōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *writtōdēdū | *writtōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *writtōdēdudiz | *writtōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *writtōdēdum | *writtōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *writtōdēdud | *writtōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *writtōdēdun | *writtōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *writtōndz | *writtōdaz | ||||