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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrewwaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *trew(H)- (“to norish, to grow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθrew.wɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*þrewwaną[1]
- to grow, thrive
Inflection
Conjugation of *þrewwaną (strong class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *þrewwō | *þrewwaų | — | *þrewwai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *þriwwizi | *þrewwaiz | *þreww | *þrewwazai | *þrewwaizau |
| 3rd singular | *þriwwidi | *þrewwai | *þrewwadau | *þrewwadai | *þrewwaidau |
| 1st dual | *þrewwōz | *þrewwaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *þrewwadiz | *þrewwaidiz | *þrewwadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *þrewwamaz | *þrewwaim | — | *þrewwandai | *þrewwaindau |
| 2nd plural | *þriwwid | *þrewwaid | *þriwwid | *þrewwandai | *þrewwaindau |
| 3rd plural | *þrewwandi | *þrewwain | *þrewwandau | *þrewwandai | *þrewwaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *þrau(w) | *þruwį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *þrau(w)t | *þruwīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *þrau(w) | *þruwī | |||
| 1st dual | *þruwū | *þruwīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *þruwudiz | *þruwīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *þruwum | *þruwīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *þruwud | *þruwīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *þruwun | *þruwīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *þrewwandz | *þruwanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *þrawjaną
- *þrūþiz
Related terms
- *þrūstijaną
- *þreutaną
Descendants
- West Germanic: *þreuwan
- Old High German: driuwan
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þrewan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 546