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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tradjaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *trudaną (“to tread”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɑð.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*tradjaną[1]
- to tread, trample
Inflection
Conjugation of *tradjaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *tradjō | *tradjaų | — | *tradjai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *tradisi | *tradjais | *tradi | *tradjasai | *tradjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *tradiþi | *tradjai | *tradjaþau | *tradjaþai | *tradjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *tradjōs | *tradjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *tradjaþiz | *tradjaiþiz | *tradjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *tradjamaz | *tradjaim | — | *tradjanþai | *tradjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *tradiþ | *tradjaiþ | *tradiþ | *tradjanþai | *tradjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *tradjanþi | *tradjain | *tradjanþau | *tradjanþai | *tradjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *tradidǭ | *tradidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *tradidēz | *tradidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *tradidē | *tradidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *tradidēdū | *tradidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *tradidēdudiz | *tradidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *tradidēdum | *tradidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *tradidēdud | *tradidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *tradidēdun | *tradidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *tradjandz | *tradidaz | |||
Descendants
- West Germanic: *traddjan
- Old English: treddan
- Old Saxon: *treddian
- Middle Low German: tredden
- Old High German: tretten
- Old Norse: treðja
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*tradjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408