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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arbijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *arbijōną[1]
Etymology
From *arbiją (“heritage, inheritance”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈar.βi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*arbijaną[1]
- to inherit
Inflection
Conjugation of *arbijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *arbijō | *arbijaų | — | *arbijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *arbīsi | *arbijais | *arbī | *arbijasai | *arbijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *arbīþi | *arbijai | *arbijaþau | *arbijaþai | *arbijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *arbijōs | *arbijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *arbijaþiz | *arbijaiþiz | *arbijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *arbijamaz | *arbijaim | — | *arbijanþai | *arbijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *arbīþ | *arbijaiþ | *arbīþ | *arbijanþai | *arbijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *arbijanþi | *arbijain | *arbijanþau | *arbijanþai | *arbijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *arbidǭ | *arbidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *arbidēz | *arbidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *arbidē | *arbidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *arbidēdū | *arbidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *arbidēdudiz | *arbidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *arbidēdum | *arbidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *arbidēdud | *arbidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *arbidēdun | *arbidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *arbijandz | *arbidaz | |||
Descendants
- West Germanic: *arbijan
- Old English: irfan
- Old Frisian: ervia
- Old Saxon: ervan
- ⇒ Old Saxon: giervan
- Old Dutch: *erven
- Middle Dutch: erven
- Dutch: erven
- Middle Dutch: erven
- Old High German: *erben
- Middle High German: erben
- German: erben
- ⇒ Old High German: irerben
- Middle High German: erben
- Old Norse: erfa
- Icelandic: erfa
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*arbjanan-arbjōjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 22