Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/drūrēn

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

Uncertain,

  • Could be related to *dreusan (“to fall”). With the semantic development "to fall" > "to lower one's head" > "to mourn".
  • Possibly an alternative form of *dūrēn (“to mourn”).[1]

Verb

*drūrēn

  1. to mourn

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *drūrēn
1st sg. past *drūr?dā
Infinitive *drūrēn
Genitive infin. *drūrēnijas
Dative infin. *drūrēnijē
Instrum. infin. *drūrēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *drūrē *drūr?dā
2nd singular *drūrēs *drūr?dēs, *drūr?dēs
3rd singular *drūrēþ *drūr?dē, *drūr?dā
1st plural *drūrēm *drūr?dum
2nd plural *drūrēþ *drūr?dud
3rd plural *drūrēnþ *drūr?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *drūrē *drūr?dī
2nd singular *drūrēs *drūr?dī
3rd singular *drūrē *drūr?dī
1st plural *drūrēm *drūr?dīm
2nd plural *drūrēþ *drūr?dīd
3rd plural *drūrēn *drūr?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *drūrē
Plural *drūrēþ
Present Past
Participle *drūrēndī *drūr?d

Descendants

  • Old High German: trūrēn
    • Middle High German: trūren
      • German: trauern
      • → Middle Low German: trūren, troren
      • → Middle Dutch: truren, truren

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: “*drūren-”
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