Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wraitijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wrītaną (“scratch, carve”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈwrɑi̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *wraitijō | *wraitijaų | — | *wraitijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *wraitīsi | *wraitijais | *wraitī | *wraitijasai | *wraitijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *wraitīþi | *wraitijai | *wraitijaþau | *wraitijaþai | *wraitijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *wraitijōs | *wraitijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *wraitijaþiz | *wraitijaiþiz | *wraitijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *wraitijamaz | *wraitijaim | — | *wraitijanþai | *wraitijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *wraitīþ | *wraitijaiþ | *wraitīþ | *wraitijanþai | *wraitijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *wraitijanþi | *wraitijain | *wraitijanþau | *wraitijanþai | *wraitijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *wraitidǭ | *wraitidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *wraitidēz | *wraitidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *wraitidē | *wraitidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wraitidēdū | *wraitidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wraitidēdudiz | *wraitidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wraitidēdum | *wraitidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wraitidēdud | *wraitidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wraitidēdun | *wraitidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *wraitijandz | *wraitidaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wraitijan
- Old Norse: reita
- Swedish: reta
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wraitjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wraitjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471