Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hreusaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *krows- (to bump, strike, push); related to Ancient Greek κρούω (kroúō, to strike), Lithuanian krùšti (to trample).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxreu̯.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hreusaną[1]

  1. to fall
  2. to rush

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hreusō *hreusaų *hreusai ?
2nd singular *hriusizi *hreusaiz *hreus *hreusazai *hreusaizau
3rd singular *hriusidi *hreusai *hreusadau *hreusadai *hreusaidau
1st dual *hreusōz *hreusaiw
2nd dual *hreusadiz *hreusaidiz *hreusadiz
1st plural *hreusamaz *hreusaim *hreusandai *hreusaindau
2nd plural *hriusid *hreusaid *hriusid *hreusandai *hreusaindau
3rd plural *hreusandi *hreusain *hreusandau *hreusandai *hreusaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hraus *hruzį̄
2nd singular *hraust *hruzīz
3rd singular *hraus *hruzī
1st dual *hruzū *hruzīw
2nd dual *hruzudiz *hruzīdiz
1st plural *hruzum *hruzīm
2nd plural *hruzud *hruzīd
3rd plural *hruzun *hruzīn
present past
participles *hreusandz *hruzanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hreusan
  • >? Old Norse: hrjósa
    • Icelandic: hrjósa
    • Norwegian:
      Nynorsk: rjosa
    • Swedish: rysa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xreusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186