Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snarpijaną

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 *snarpaz (“rough, sharp”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsnɑr.pi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snarpijaną^[1]

to sharpen, to whet

Inflection

Conjugation of *snarpijaną (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*snarpijō	*snarpijaų	—	*snarpijai	?
2nd singular	*snarpīsi	*snarpijais	*snarpī	*snarpijasai	*snarpijaisau
3rd singular	*snarpīþi	*snarpijai	*snarpijaþau	*snarpijaþai	*snarpijaiþau
1st dual	*snarpijōs	*snarpijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snarpijaþiz	*snarpijaiþiz	*snarpijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*snarpijamaz	*snarpijaim	—	*snarpijanþai	*snarpijainþau
2nd plural	*snarpīþ	*snarpijaiþ	*snarpīþ	*snarpijanþai	*snarpijainþau
3rd plural	*snarpijanþi	*snarpijain	*snarpijanþau	*snarpijanþai	*snarpijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snarpidǭ	*snarpidēdį̄
2nd singular	*snarpidēz	*snarpidēdīz
3rd singular	*snarpidē	*snarpidēdī
1st dual	*snarpidēdū	*snarpidēdīw
2nd dual	*snarpidēdudiz	*snarpidēdīdiz
1st plural	*snarpidēdum	*snarpidēdīm
2nd plural	*snarpidēdud	*snarpidēdīd
3rd plural	*snarpidēdun	*snarpidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*snarpijandz	*snarpidaz

Descendants

Old Norse: snerpa
- Icelandic: snerpa
Gothic: *𐍃𐌽𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*snarpjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐍄𐍃𐌽𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (atsnarpjan)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*snarpjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003), “*snarpjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

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