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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dūrēn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Could be related to *diurī (“dear, precious”). Possibly an alternative form of *drūrēn.[1]
Verb
*dūrēn
- to grieve, mourn, suffer
Inflection
Class 3 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *dūrēn | |
1st sg. past | *dūr?dā | |
Infinitive | *dūrēn | |
Genitive infin. | *dūrēnijas | |
Dative infin. | *dūrēnijē | |
Instrum. infin. | *dūrēniju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *dūrē | *dūr?dā |
2nd singular | *dūrēs | *dūr?dēs, *dūr?dēs |
3rd singular | *dūrēþ | *dūr?dē, *dūr?dā |
1st plural | *dūrēm | *dūr?dum |
2nd plural | *dūrēþ | *dūr?dud |
3rd plural | *dūrēnþ | *dūr?dun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *dūrē | *dūr?dī |
2nd singular | *dūrēs | *dūr?dī |
3rd singular | *dūrē | *dūr?dī |
1st plural | *dūrēm | *dūr?dīm |
2nd plural | *dūrēþ | *dūr?dīd |
3rd plural | *dūrēn | *dūr?dīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *dūrē | |
Plural | *dūrēþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *dūrēndī | *dūr?d |
Descendants
- Old English:
- Middle English: douren
- Old High German:
- ⇒ Middle High German: betūren
- German: bedauern
- ⇒ Middle High German: betūren
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*deurja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 94: “*dūrēn-”