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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grīnan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grīnaną.
Verb
*grīnan
- to snarl
- to grin
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *grīnan | |
| 1st sg. past | *grain | |
| 3rd pl. past | *grinun | |
| Past ptcple | *grinan | |
| Infinitive | *grīnan | |
| Genitive infin. | *grīnannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *grīnannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *grīnannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *grīnu | *grain |
| 2nd singular | *grīniʀi | *grinī |
| 3rd singular | *grīnidi | *grain |
| 1st plural | *grīnum | *grinum |
| 2nd plural | *grīnid | *grinud |
| 3rd plural | *grīnand | *grinun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *grīnē | *grinī |
| 2nd singular | *grīnēs | *grinī |
| 3rd singular | *grīnē | *grinī |
| 1st plural | *grīnēm | *grinīm |
| 2nd plural | *grīnēþ | *grinīd |
| 3rd plural | *grīnēn | *grinīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *grīn | |
| Plural | *grīnid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *grīnandī | *grinan |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *grīnan
- Middle Low German: grînen
- German Low German: grienen
- → German: grienen
- → Dutch: grienen
- German Low German: grienen
- Middle Low German: grînen
- Old Dutch: *grīnan
- Middle Dutch: grinen
- Dutch: grijnen (obsolete)
- Middle Dutch: grinen
- Old High German: grīnan
- Middle High German: grīnen
- Alemannic German: griine
- German: greinen
- Luxembourgish: gréngen
- Middle High German: grīnen