Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tarjaną

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 *teraną +‎ *-janą.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑr.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tarjaną

  1. to destroy
  2. to consume, to use up

Conjugation

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tarjō *tarjaų *tarjai ?
2nd singular *tarisi *tarjais *tari *tarjasai *tarjaisau
3rd singular *tariþi *tarjai *tarjaþau *tarjaþai *tarjaiþau
1st dual *tarjōs *tarjaiw
2nd dual *tarjaþiz *tarjaiþiz *tarjaþiz
1st plural *tarjamaz *tarjaim *tarjanþai *tarjainþau
2nd plural *tariþ *tarjaiþ *tariþ *tarjanþai *tarjainþau
3rd plural *tarjanþi *tarjain *tarjanþau *tarjanþai *tarjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *taridǭ *taridēdį̄
2nd singular *taridēz *taridēdīz
3rd singular *taridē *taridēdī
1st dual *taridēdū *taridēdīw
2nd dual *taridēdudiz *taridēdīdiz
1st plural *taridēdum *taridēdīm
2nd plural *taridēdud *taridēdīd
3rd plural *taridēdun *taridēdīn
present past
participles *tarjandz *taridaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *tarjan
    • Old Frisian: tera
    • Old Saxon: terian
    • Old Dutch: *teren
    • Old High German: zeren, zerren, zerien
  • Proto-Finnic: *tarit'ak (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “zehren”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “zerren”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN