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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frehnaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”). Cognate with Lithuanian prašyti (“to ask, request”), Latin precor (“ask, beseech”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸrex.nɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*frehnaną
- to ask, inquire
Inflection
Present tense with n-infix. The present tense forms, unusually, also have the voiced Verner alternant -g-.
Conjugation of *frehnaną (strong class 5)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *frehnō | *frehnaų | — | *frehnai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *frihnizi | *frehnaiz | *frehn | *frehnazai | *frehnaizau |
| 3rd singular | *frihnidi | *frehnai | *frehnadau | *frehnadai | *frehnaidau |
| 1st dual | *frehnōz | *frehnaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *frehnadiz | *frehnaidiz | *frehnadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *frehnamaz | *frehnaim | — | *frehnandai | *frehnaindau |
| 2nd plural | *frihnid | *frehnaid | *frihnid | *frehnandai | *frehnaindau |
| 3rd plural | *frehnandi | *frehnain | *frehnandau | *frehnandai | *frehnaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *frah | *frēgį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *fraht | *frēgīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *frah | *frēgī | |||
| 1st dual | *frēgū | *frēgīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *frēgudiz | *frēgīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *frēgum | *frēgīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *frēgud | *frēgīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *frēgun | *frēgīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *frehnandz | *freganaz | |||
Related terms
- *frihtiz
- *gafrēgiz
- *frēgōną
Descendants
- Old English: freġnan, friġnan, frīnan
- Middle English: freinen, frainen
- Scots: frain, frane
- English: frain
- Middle English: freinen, frainen
- Old Saxon: fregnan
- Old High German: *frëgnan (in gifrëgnan)
- Old Norse: fregna
- Icelandic: fregna
- Faroese: fregna
- Old Swedish: fræghna
- Old Danish: fræghnæ
- Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan)