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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fraunijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *fraun (“lordly, of a landlord”) + *-jan.
Verb
*fraunijan
- to confiscate, to seize by law
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *fraunijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *fraunidā | |
| Infinitive | *fraunijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *fraunijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *fraunijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *fraunijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *frauniju | *fraunidā |
| 2nd singular | *fraunisi | *fraunidēs, *fraunidōs |
| 3rd singular | *frauniþi | *fraunidē, *fraunidā |
| 1st plural | *fraunijum | *fraunidum |
| 2nd plural | *frauniþ | *fraunidud |
| 3rd plural | *fraunijanþ | *fraunidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fraunijē | *fraunidī |
| 2nd singular | *fraunijēs | *fraunidī |
| 3rd singular | *fraunijē | *fraunidī |
| 1st plural | *fraunijēm | *fraunidīm |
| 2nd plural | *fraunijēþ | *fraunidīd |
| 3rd plural | *fraunijēn | *fraunidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *frauni | |
| Plural | *frauniþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *fraunijandī | *fraunid |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *frōnian
- Middle Low German: *vrȫnen
- ⇒ Middle Low German: vörvrȫnen
- Middle Low German: *vrȫnen
- Old High German: frōnen
- Middle High German: frœnen, vrœnen
- German: fröhnen
- Middle High German: frœnen, vrœnen
- Old Dutch: *frōnen
- Middle Dutch: vrônen
- Dutch: vronen (obsolete or dialectal)
- Middle Dutch: vrônen