Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harstijan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”), perhaps cognate with Lithuanian kar̃šti (“to become hot”), Latvian kar̂st (“to become hot; to hurt”),[1] and related to *herþ (“hearth”), hyrr (“fire”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹 (hauri, “coal”).
Verb
*harstijan[2]
- to roast
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *harstijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *harstidā | |
| Infinitive | *harstijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *harstijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *harstijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *harstijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *harstiju | *harstidā |
| 2nd singular | *harstisi | *harstidēs, *harstidōs |
| 3rd singular | *harstiþi | *harstidē, *harstidā |
| 1st plural | *harstijum | *harstidum |
| 2nd plural | *harstiþ | *harstidud |
| 3rd plural | *harstijanþ | *harstidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *harstijē | *harstidī |
| 2nd singular | *harstijēs | *harstidī |
| 3rd singular | *harstijē | *harstidī |
| 1st plural | *harstijēm | *harstidīm |
| 2nd plural | *harstijēþ | *harstidīd |
| 3rd plural | *harstijēn | *harstidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *harsti | |
| Plural | *harstiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *harstijandī | *harstid |
Descendants
- Old English: hierstan, hyrstan
- Middle English: hirsten
- Old Saxon: *herstian
- Middle Low German: harsten
- Old Dutch: *hersten
- Old High German: hersten
- Middle High German: hersten
References
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “krutėti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 303
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 242: “PWGmc *harstijan”