Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/andaswarjaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Verb
*andaswarjaną
- to answer
Usage notes
In all languages it is attested in, this verb is a weak verb, unlike the strong verb (*swarjaną) it is derived from. This may not yet have been the case in Proto-Germanic.
Conjugation
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *andaswarjō | *andaswarjaų | — | *andaswarjai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *andaswarisi | *andaswarjais | *andaswari | *andaswarjasai | *andaswarjaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *andaswariþi | *andaswarjai | *andaswarjaþau | *andaswarjaþai | *andaswarjaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *andaswarjōs | *andaswarjaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *andaswarjaþiz | *andaswarjaiþiz | *andaswarjaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *andaswarjamaz | *andaswarjaim | — | *andaswarjanþai | *andaswarjainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *andaswariþ | *andaswarjaiþ | *andaswariþ | *andaswarjanþai | *andaswarjainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *andaswarjanþi | *andaswarjain | *andaswarjanþau | *andaswarjanþai | *andaswarjainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *andaswaridǭ | *andaswaridēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *andaswaridēz | *andaswaridēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *andaswaridē | *andaswaridēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *andaswaridēdū | *andaswaridēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *andaswaridēdudiz | *andaswaridēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *andaswaridēdum | *andaswaridēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *andaswaridēdud | *andaswaridēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *andaswaridēdun | *andaswaridēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *andaswarjandz | *andaswaridaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: andswerian; (andswarian)
- Old Frisian: ondswera
- Old Norse: andsvara