Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/traddjan

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 *tradjaną.

Verb

*traddjan[1]

  1. to tread, trample

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *traddjan
1st sg. past *traddā
Infinitive *traddjan
Genitive infin. *traddjannjas
Dative infin. *traddjannjē
Instrum. infin. *traddjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *traddju *traddā
2nd singular *tradisi *traddēs, *traddōs
3rd singular *tradiþi *traddē, *traddā
1st plural *traddjum *traddum
2nd plural *tradiþ *traddud
3rd plural *traddjanþ *traddun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *traddjē *traddī
2nd singular *traddjēs *traddī
3rd singular *traddjē *traddī
1st plural *traddjēm *traddīm
2nd plural *traddjēþ *traddīd
3rd plural *traddjēn *traddīn
Imperative Present
Singular *tradi
Plural *tradiþ
Present Past
Participle *traddjandī *tradd

Descendants

Note: Most descendants eventually merged this term with descendants of Proto-West Germanic *traddjōn.

  • Old English: treddan
    • Middle English: tredden
  • Old Saxon: *treddian
    • Middle Low German: tredden
  • Old Dutch: *tredden
    • Middle Dutch: tredden
  • Old High German: tretten

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 72: “PWGmc *traddē”
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