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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrakjaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wrekaną (“to persue”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwrɑk.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wrakjaną[1]
- to track, to follow
- to persecute
Inflection
Conjugation of *wrakijaną (weak class 1)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *wrakijō | *wrakijaų | — | *wrakijai | *? |
2nd singular | *wrakīsi | *wrakijais | *wrakī | *wrakijasai | *wrakijaisau |
3rd singular | *wrakīþi | *wrakijai | *wrakijaþau | *wrakijaþai | *wrakijaiþau |
1st dual | *wrakijōs | *wrakijaiw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *wrakijaþiz | *wrakijaiþiz | *wrakijaþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *wrakijamaz | *wrakijaim | — | *wrakijanþai | *wrakijainþau |
2nd plural | *wrakīþ | *wrakijaiþ | *wrakīþ | *wrakijanþai | *wrakijainþau |
3rd plural | *wrakijanþi | *wrakijain | *wrakijanþau | *wrakijanþai | *wrakijainþau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *wrakidǭ | *wrakidēdį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *wrakidēz | *wrakidēdīz | |||
3rd singular | *wrakidē | *wrakidēdī | |||
1st dual | *wrakidēdū | *wrakidēdīw | |||
2nd dual | *wrakidēdudiz | *wrakidēdīdiz | |||
1st plural | *wrakidēdum | *wrakidēdīm | |||
2nd plural | *wrakidēdud | *wrakidēdīd | |||
3rd plural | *wrakidēdun | *wrakidēdīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *wrakijandz | *wrakidaz |
Descendants
- West Germanic: *wrakijan
- Old English: wreccan
- Old Norse: rekja
- Icelandic: rekja
- Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wrakjan)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wrakjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 471