Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bidrinkan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *bi- +‎ *drinkan.

Verb

*bidrinkan

  1. to drink in, absorb
  2. to imbibe, get drunk

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive *bidrinkan
1st sg. past *bidrank
3rd pl. past *bidrunkun
Past ptcple *bidrunkan
Infinitive *bidrinkan
Genitive infin. *bidrinkannjas
Dative infin. *bidrinkannjē
Instrum. infin. *bidrinkannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *bidrinku *bidrank
2nd singular *bidrinkiʀi *bidrunkī
3rd singular *bidrinkidi *bidrank
1st plural *bidrinkum *bidrunkum
2nd plural *bidrinkid *bidrunkud
3rd plural *bidrinkand *bidrunkun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *bidrinkē *bidrunkī
2nd singular *bidrinkēs *bidrunkī
3rd singular *bidrinkē *bidrunkī
1st plural *bidrinkēm *bidrunkīm
2nd plural *bidrinkēþ *bidrunkīd
3rd plural *bidrinkēn *bidrunkīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bidrink
Plural *bidrinkid
Present Past
Participle *bidrinkandī *bidrunkan

Descendants

  • Old English: bedrincan
    • Middle English: *bedrinken (only found as Middle English bidrenkt (“completely drenched, drenched all over”))
  • Old Frisian: *bidrinka
    • Saterland Frisian: bidrinke
    • West Frisian: bedrinke
  • Old Saxon: *bidrinkan
  • Old Dutch: *bidrinkan
  • Old High German: *bitrinkan
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