Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tremaną

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 *drem- (to run). A direct cognate with Sanskrit द्रमति (drámati, to run (about)).

    Possibly related to Old Norse tramr.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtre.mɑ.nɑ̃/

    Verb

    *tremaną[1]

    1. (West Germanic) to wander, waver

    Inflection

    Conjugation of *tremaną (strong class 4)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *tremō *tremaų *tremai ?
    2nd singular *trimizi *tremaiz *trem *tremazai *tremaizau
    3rd singular *trimidi *tremai *tremadau *tremadai *tremaidau
    1st dual *tremōz *tremaiw
    2nd dual *tremadiz *tremaidiz *tremadiz
    1st plural *tremamaz *tremaim *tremandai *tremaindau
    2nd plural *trimid *tremaid *trimid *tremandai *tremaindau
    3rd plural *tremandi *tremain *tremandau *tremandai *tremaindau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *tram *trēmį̄
    2nd singular *tramt *trēmīz
    3rd singular *tram *trēmī
    1st dual *trēmū *trēmīw
    2nd dual *trēmudiz *trēmīdiz
    1st plural *trēmum *trēmīm
    2nd plural *trēmud *trēmīd
    3rd plural *trēmun *trēmīn
    present past
    participles *tremandz *trumanaz
    • *tremą

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *treman
      • Old High German: *treman

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*treman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522