Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/priunijan

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 *preun (“pin, needle”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*priunijan

to stab
to stitch

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*priunijan
1st sg. past	*priunidā
Infinitive	*priunijan
Genitive infin.	*priunijannjas
Dative infin.	*priunijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*priunijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*priuniju	*priunidā
2nd singular	*priunisi	priunidēs, priunidōs
3rd singular	*priuniþi	priunidē, priunidā
1st plural	*priunijum	*priunidum
2nd plural	*priuniþ	*priunidud
3rd plural	*priunijanþ	*priunidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*priunijē	*priunidī
2nd singular	*priunijēs	*priunidī
3rd singular	*priunijē	*priunidī
1st plural	*priunijēm	*priunidīm
2nd plural	*priunijēþ	*priunidīd
3rd plural	*priunijēn	*priunidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*priuni
Plural	*priuniþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*priunijandī	*priunid

Alternative forms

*priumijan

Related terms

*preunōn

Descendants

Old English: *prīenan (and / or from *preunōn)
- Middle English: prenen
  - English: preen
Old Saxon: *priunan
- Middle Low German: prǖnen
Old Dutch: *priumen (and / or from *preunōn)
- Middle Dutch: priemen
  - Dutch: priemen
Old High German: pfriemen, pfrienen
- Middle High German: pfriemen
  - German: pfriemen