Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/freusan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *freusaną.
Verb
*freusan[1]
- to freeze
Inflection
| Strong class 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *freusan | |
| 1st sg. past | *fraus | |
| 3rd pl. past | *fruʀun | |
| Past ptcple | *froʀan | |
| Infinitive | *freusan | |
| Genitive infin. | *freusannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *freusannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *freusannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *freusu | *fraus |
| 2nd singular | *friusiʀi | *fruʀī |
| 3rd singular | *friusidi | *fraus |
| 1st plural | *freusum | *fruʀum |
| 2nd plural | *friusid | *fruʀud |
| 3rd plural | *freusand | *fruʀun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *freusē | *fruʀī |
| 2nd singular | *freusēs | *fruʀī |
| 3rd singular | *freusē | *fruʀī |
| 1st plural | *freusēm | *fruʀīm |
| 2nd plural | *freusēþ | *fruʀīd |
| 3rd plural | *freusēn | *fruʀīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *frius | |
| Plural | *friusid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *freusandī | *froʀan |
Descendants
- Old English: frēosan
- Old Frisian: *friāsa
- Old Saxon: friosan
- Old Dutch: *friesan
- Old High German: friosan
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83: “PWGmc [...] ‘frozen’ [...] *frozan”