Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strauwjan

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 *strawjaną.

Verb

*strauwjan

to strew, to spread out

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*strauwjan
1st sg. past	*strawidā
Infinitive	*strauwjan
Genitive infin.	*strauwjannjas
Dative infin.	*strauwjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*strauwjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*strauwju	*strawidā
2nd singular	*strawisi	strawidēs, strawidōs
3rd singular	*strawiþi	strawidē, strawidā
1st plural	*strauwjum	*strawidum
2nd plural	*strawiþ	*strawidud
3rd plural	*strauwjanþ	*strawidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*strauwjē	*strawidī
2nd singular	*strauwjēs	*strawidī
3rd singular	*strauwjē	*strawidī
1st plural	*strauwjēm	*strawidīm
2nd plural	*strauwjēþ	*strawidīd
3rd plural	*strauwjēn	*strawidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*strawi
Plural	*strawiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*strauwjandī	*strawid

Descendants

Old English: strēġan — Anglian^[1]
Old English: strēawian, strēowian, strēwian — shifted to weak class II conjugation^[2]
- Middle English: strewen, streuen
  - English: strew, strow, straw (dialectal)
  - Scots: straw
Old Frisian: strēwa
- North Frisian: strijen
- West Frisian: streauwe
Old Saxon: streuwian, strōian
- Middle Low German: strōen, strōuwen
Old Dutch: *strōien
- Middle Dutch: strôyen
  - Dutch: strooien, strouwen
    - Afrikaans: strooi
    - Negerhollands: strui, strooj
    - → Papiamentu: stroi, strooi
    - → West Frisian: struie
  - Limburgish: struie
Old High German: strewen, strouwen
- Middle High German: streuwen, ströuwen, strouwen
  - Alemannic German: streuwe
  - Central Franconian: streue, streie, strähe, straaie
    - Luxembourgish: streeën
  - German: streuen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 246: “PGmc *strawjaną ‘to spread out’ (Goth. straujan) > PWGmc *strawʲwʲan (OHG gistrouwen ‘to bestrew’) > *straujan > *strēająn > Angl. strēġan ‘to strew’ (Sea 97)”
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 259: “A WS class II weak verb streowian is well attested and must reflect remodelling of the inherited class I verb.”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 246: “PGmc *strawjaną ‘to spread out’ (Goth. straujan) > PWGmc *strawʲwʲan (OHG gistrouwen ‘to bestrew’) > *straujan > *strēająn > Angl. strēġan ‘to strew’ (Sea 97)”

[2] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 259: “A WS class II weak verb streowian is well attested and must reflect remodelling of the inherited class I verb.”

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