Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krīgan

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 Proto-Germanic *krīganą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrih₂-gʰo-, a suffixed extended form of *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”), see also Latin gravis, Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Sanskrit गुरु (gurú).[1][2]

Verb

*krīgan

  1. to strive, struggle

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive *krīgan
1st sg. past *kraig
3rd pl. past *krigun
Past ptcple *krigan
Infinitive *krīgan
Genitive infin. *krīgannjas
Dative infin. *krīgannjē
Instrum. infin. *krīgannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *krīgu *kraig
2nd singular *krīgiʀi *krigī
3rd singular *krīgidi *kraig
1st plural *krīgum *krigum
2nd plural *krīgid *krigud
3rd plural *krīgand *krigun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *krīgē *krigī
2nd singular *krīgēs *krigī
3rd singular *krīgē *krigī
1st plural *krīgēm *krigīm
2nd plural *krīgēþ *krigīd
3rd plural *krīgēn *krigīn
Imperative Present
Singular *krīg
Plural *krīgid
Present Past
Participle *krīgandī *krigan

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: krīga, krīa; (krīgia)
  • Old Saxon: *krīgan
  • Old Dutch: *crīgan
  • Old High German: *krīgan; *krīgēn

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “krigan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 304-305
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gʷer-2, gʷerǝ-, gʷerǝu-, gʷerī-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 476-77
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