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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwerraną
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʷer.rɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *kwerraną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *kwerrō | *kwerraų | — | *kwerrai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *kwirrizi | *kwerraiz | *kwerr | *kwerrazai | *kwerraizau |
| 3rd singular | *kwirridi | *kwerrai | *kwerradau | *kwerradai | *kwerraidau |
| 1st dual | *kwerrōz | *kwerraiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *kwerradiz | *kwerraidiz | *kwerradiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *kwerramaz | *kwerraim | — | *kwerrandai | *kwerraindau |
| 2nd plural | *kwirrid | *kwerraid | *kwirrid | *kwerrandai | *kwerraindau |
| 3rd plural | *kwerrandi | *kwerrain | *kwerrandau | *kwerrandai | *kwerraindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *kwar(r) | *kurrį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *kwar(r)t | *kurrīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *kwar(r) | *kurrī | |||
| 1st dual | *kurrū | *kurrīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *kurrudiz | *kurrīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *kurrum | *kurrīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *kurrud | *kurrīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *kurrun | *kurrīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *kwerrandz | *kurranaz | |||
Descendants
Attested only in the past participle in Old English, but the verb itself must have lasted long enough for kw- to be restored in forms with zero-grade.
- Proto-West Germanic: *kwerran
- Old English: ācweorran, acworren
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kwerranan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 228-229
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