Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/reufaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *Hréwpt, from *Hrewp- (to break). Cognate with Latin rumpō (to burst, break open).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreu̯.ɸɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*reufaną[1][2]

  1. to tear

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *reufō *reufaų *reufai ?
2nd singular *riufizi *reufaiz *reuf *reufazai *reufaizau
3rd singular *riufidi *reufai *reufadau *reufadai *reufaidau
1st dual *reufōz *reufaiw
2nd dual *reufadiz *reufaidiz *reufadiz
1st plural *reufamaz *reufaim *reufandai *reufaindau
2nd plural *riufid *reufaid *riufid *reufandai *reufaindau
3rd plural *reufandi *reufain *reufandau *reufandai *reufaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *rauf *rubį̄
2nd singular *rauft *rubīz
3rd singular *rauf *rubī
1st dual *rubū *rubīw
2nd dual *rubudiz *rubīdiz
1st plural *rubum *rubīm
2nd plural *rubud *rubīd
3rd plural *rubun *rubīn
present past
participles *reufandz *rubanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *reufan
    • Old English: rēofan
  • Old Norse: rjúfa
    • Icelandic: rjúfa
    • Faroese: rjúva
    • >? Norwegian Bokmål: rubbe
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: rjuva
    • Old Swedish: rȳva, riuva, riūva

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*reufan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*reufanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303