Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dūrēn

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

Could be related to *diurī (“dear, precious”). Possibly an alternative form of *drūrēn (“to mourn”).[1]

Verb

*dūrēn

  1. to grieve, mourn, suffer

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *dūrēn
1st sg. past *dūr?dā
Infinitive *dūrēn
Genitive infin. *dūrēnijas
Dative infin. *dūrēnijē
Instrum. infin. *dūrēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *dūrē *dūr?dā
2nd singular *dūrēs *dūr?dēs, *dūr?dēs
3rd singular *dūrēþ *dūr?dē, *dūr?dā
1st plural *dūrēm *dūr?dum
2nd plural *dūrēþ *dūr?dud
3rd plural *dūrēnþ *dūr?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *dūrē *dūr?dī
2nd singular *dūrēs *dūr?dī
3rd singular *dūrē *dūr?dī
1st plural *dūrēm *dūr?dīm
2nd plural *dūrēþ *dūr?dīd
3rd plural *dūrēn *dūr?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *dūrē
Plural *dūrēþ
Present Past
Participle *dūrēndī *dūr?d

Descendants

  • Old English:
  • Old High German:
    • ⇒ Middle High German: betūren

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*deurja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 94: “*dūrēn-”
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