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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrītan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wrītaną.
Verb
*wrītan
- to scratch, to carve
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *wrītan | |
| 1st sg. past | *wrait | |
| 3rd pl. past | *writun | |
| Past ptcple | *writan | |
| Infinitive | *wrītan | |
| Genitive infin. | *wrītannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *wrītannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *wrītannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wrītu | *wrait |
| 2nd singular | *wrītiʀi | *writī |
| 3rd singular | *wrītidi | *wrait |
| 1st plural | *wrītum | *writum |
| 2nd plural | *wrītid | *writud |
| 3rd plural | *wrītand | *writun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wrītē | *writī |
| 2nd singular | *wrītēs | *writī |
| 3rd singular | *wrītē | *writī |
| 1st plural | *wrītēm | *writīm |
| 2nd plural | *wrītēþ | *writīd |
| 3rd plural | *wrītēn | *writīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *wrīt | |
| Plural | *wrītid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *wrītandī | *writan |
Descendants
- Old English: wrītan
- Middle English: writen
- Scots: writ, wryte, wret
- English: write
- Middle English: writen
- Old Frisian: wrīta
- Saterland Frisian: riete
- West Frisian: write
- Old Saxon: wrītan
- Middle Low German: wrîten
- German Low German: rieten
- Low German: rieten, reeten (Westmünsterland)
- Middle Low German: wrîten
- Old Dutch: *wrītan
- Middle Dutch: writen
- Dutch: wrijten
- Middle Dutch: writen
- Old High German: rīzan, ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏ[1], ᚹᚱᚨᛖᛏ[2]
- Middle High German: rīzen
- German: reißen
- → Danish: ridse
- Luxembourgish: räissen
- German: reißen
- Middle High German: rīzen
References
- MacLeod, Mindy; Mees, Bernard (2006) Runic Amulets and Magic Objects, Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 46
- Ibid., p. 49.