Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurgijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwur.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wurgijaną

to strangle

Inflection

Conjugation of *wurgijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wurgijō	*wurgijaų	—	*wurgijai	*?
2nd singular	*wurgīsi	*wurgijais	*wurgī	*wurgijasai	*wurgijaisau
3rd singular	*wurgīþi	*wurgijai	*wurgijaþau	*wurgijaþai	*wurgijaiþau
1st dual	*wurgijōs	*wurgijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wurgijaþiz	*wurgijaiþiz	*wurgijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wurgijamaz	*wurgijaim	—	*wurgijanþai	*wurgijainþau
2nd plural	*wurgīþ	*wurgijaiþ	*wurgīþ	*wurgijanþai	*wurgijainþau
3rd plural	*wurgijanþi	*wurgijain	*wurgijanþau	*wurgijanþai	*wurgijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wurgidǭ	*wurgidēdį̄
2nd singular	*wurgidēz	*wurgidēdīz
3rd singular	*wurgidē	*wurgidēdī
1st dual	*wurgidēdū	*wurgidēdīw
2nd dual	*wurgidēdudiz	*wurgidēdīdiz
1st plural	*wurgidēdum	*wurgidēdīm
2nd plural	*wurgidēdud	*wurgidēdīd
3rd plural	*wurgidēdun	*wurgidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wurgijandz	*wurgidaz

Related terms

*wargijaną
*werganą
*wurgǭ

Descendants

Old English: wyrġan
- Middle English: werien, worien, wirwen
  - Scots: wirry, werry, worry
  - English: worry
Old Frisian: wergia, wirgia
- West Frisian: wjirgje, wurgje
Old Saxon: *wurgian
- Middle Low German: wörgen, worgen
  - Low German: wörgen
Old Dutch: *wurgen
- Middle Dutch: worgen, wurgen
  - Dutch: wurgen
Old High German: wurgen
- Middle High German: wurgen, worgen
  - German: würgen
  - Luxembourgish: wiergen