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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/traddjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tradjaną.
Verb
*traddjan[1]
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Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *traddjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *traddā | |
| Infinitive | *traddjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *traddjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *traddjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *traddjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *traddju | *traddā |
| 2nd singular | *tradisi | *traddēs, *traddōs |
| 3rd singular | *tradiþi | *traddē, *traddā |
| 1st plural | *traddjum | *traddum |
| 2nd plural | *tradiþ | *traddud |
| 3rd plural | *traddjanþ | *traddun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *traddjē | *traddī |
| 2nd singular | *traddjēs | *traddī |
| 3rd singular | *traddjē | *traddī |
| 1st plural | *traddjēm | *traddīm |
| 2nd plural | *traddjēþ | *traddīd |
| 3rd plural | *traddjēn | *traddīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *tradi | |
| Plural | *tradiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *traddjandī | *tradd |
Descendants
- Old English: treddan
- Old High German: tretten
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 72: “PWGmc *traddē”