Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/naʀjan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nazjaną.

Verb

*naʀjan

to save, to rescue

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*naʀjan
1st sg. past	*naʀidā
Infinitive	*naʀjan
Genitive infin.	*naʀjannjas
Dative infin.	*naʀjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*naʀjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*naʀju	*naʀidā
2nd singular	*naʀisi	naʀidēs, naʀidōs
3rd singular	*naʀiþi	naʀidē, naʀidā
1st plural	*naʀjum	*naʀidum
2nd plural	*naʀiþ	*naʀidud
3rd plural	*naʀjanþ	*naʀidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*naʀjē	*naʀidī
2nd singular	*naʀjēs	*naʀidī
3rd singular	*naʀjē	*naʀidī
1st plural	*naʀjēm	*naʀidīm
2nd plural	*naʀjēþ	*naʀidīd
3rd plural	*naʀjēn	*naʀidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*naʀi
Plural	*naʀiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*naʀjandī	*naʀid

Descendants

Old English: nerian
- Middle English: nerian (early)
Old Frisian: nera
- Saterland Frisian: neere
Old Saxon: nerian
- Middle Low German: neren
  - German Low German: nähren
  - → Old Swedish: næra
    - Swedish: nära
  - → Old Danish: næræ
    - Danish: nære
  - → Norwegian:
    - Norwegian Bokmål: nære
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: nære, næra
  - → Old Norse: næra
    - Icelandic: næra
Old Dutch: *nerien
- Middle Dutch: nēren
  - Dutch: neren
Old High German: nerjan, nerien, nerren, neren
- Middle High German: nerren, nern, nerigen
  - German: nähren
  - Hunsrik: neere
  - Luxembourgish: nieren