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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haʀjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hazjaną.
Verb
*haʀjan[1]
- to praise
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *haʀjan | |
| Infinitive | *haʀjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *haʀjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *haʀjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *haʀjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *haʀju | *haʀidā |
| 2nd singular | *haʀisi | *haʀidēs, *haʀidōs |
| 3rd singular | *haʀiþi | *haʀidē, *haʀidā |
| 1st plural | *haʀjum | *haʀidum |
| 2nd plural | *haʀiþ | *haʀidud |
| 3rd plural | *haʀjanþ | *haʀidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *haʀjē | *haʀidī |
| 2nd singular | *haʀjēs | *haʀidī |
| 3rd singular | *haʀjē | *haʀidī |
| 1st plural | *haʀjēm | *haʀidīm |
| 2nd plural | *haʀjēþ | *haʀidīd |
| 3rd plural | *haʀjēn | *haʀidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *haʀi | |
| Plural | *haʀiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *haʀjandī | *haʀid |
Descendants
- Old English: hærian, herian
- Middle English: herien, heryen
- English: herry
- ⇒ Middle English: hersen
- ⇒ Old English: *hearwa
- ⇒ Old English: sīlhearwa, siġelhearwa
- Middle English: herien, heryen
- Old High German: harēn, heren
- Middle High German: haren, harn
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *hazjan”