< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/trampan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *trampaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”).
Verb
*trampan
- to step
Inflection
| Strong class 7c | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *trampan | |
| 1st sg. past | *treamp | |
| 3rd pl. past | *treampun | |
| Past ptcple | *trampan | |
| Infinitive | *trampan | |
| Genitive infin. | *trampannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *trampannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *trampannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *trampu | *treamp |
| 2nd singular | *trampiʀi | *treampī |
| 3rd singular | *trampidi | *treamp |
| 1st plural | *trampum | *treampum |
| 2nd plural | *trampid | *treampud |
| 3rd plural | *trampand | *treampun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *trampē | *treampī |
| 2nd singular | *trampēs | *treampī |
| 3rd singular | *trampē | *treampī |
| 1st plural | *trampēm | *treampīm |
| 2nd plural | *trampēþ | *treampīd |
| 3rd plural | *trampēn | *treampīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *tramp | |
| Plural | *trampid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *trampandī | *trampan |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *trampan
- Middle Low German: trampen
- → Middle High German: *trampen
- German: trampen
- → Middle English: trampen
- English: tramp
- ⇒ Middle High German: trampelen
- German: trampeln
- → Middle High German: *trampen
- Middle Low German: trampen
- Old Dutch: *trampan
- Middle Dutch: trampen
- Dutch: trampen
- Middle Dutch: trampen