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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grātan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grētaną.
Verb
*grātan
- to weep, to cry
Inflection
| Strong class 7d | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *grātan | |
| 1st sg. past | *grēt | |
| 3rd pl. past | *grētun | |
| Past ptcple | *grātan | |
| Infinitive | *grātan | |
| Genitive infin. | *grātannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *grātannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *grātannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *grātu | *grēt |
| 2nd singular | *grātiʀi | *grētī |
| 3rd singular | *grātidi | *grēt |
| 1st plural | *grātum | *grētum |
| 2nd plural | *grātid | *grētud |
| 3rd plural | *grātand | *grētun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *grātē | *grētī |
| 2nd singular | *grātēs | *grētī |
| 3rd singular | *grātē | *grētī |
| 1st plural | *grātēm | *grētīm |
| 2nd plural | *grātēþ | *grētīd |
| 3rd plural | *grātēn | *grētīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *grāt | |
| Plural | *grātid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *grātandī | *grātan |
Descendants
- Old English: grǣtan
- Middle English: greten
- Scots: grete, greit
- English: greet
- Middle English: greten
- Old Saxon: grātan
- Old High German: grāzzan
- Middle High German: grāzen; grazieren
- Alemannic German: graasse
- Middle High German: grāzen; grazieren
- → Old French: regrater, regreter
- Middle French: regreter, regretter
- French: regretter
- → Middle English: regretten
- English: regret
- Middle French: regreter, regretter