Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/werþan

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 *werþaną.

Verb

*werþan[1]

  1. to become

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive *werþan
1st sg. past *warþ
3rd pl. past *wurdun
Past ptcple *wordan
Infinitive *werþan
Genitive infin. *werþannjas
Dative infin. *werþannjē
Instrum. infin. *werþannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *werþu *warþ
2nd singular *wirþiʀi *wurdī
3rd singular *wirþidi *warþ
1st plural *werþum *wurdum
2nd plural *wirþid *wurdud
3rd plural *werþand *wurdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *werþē *wurdī
2nd singular *werþēs *wurdī
3rd singular *werþē *wurdī
1st plural *werþēm *wurdīm
2nd plural *werþēþ *wurdīd
3rd plural *werþēn *wurdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *wirþ
Plural *wirþid
Present Past
Participle *werþandī *wordan

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107: “*werþan”
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