Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wirdijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *werdaz (“turned toward, forwards, outwards”) + *-janą, related to *wardaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwir.ði.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wirdijaną[1]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *wirdijō | *wirdijaų | — | *wirdijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *wirdīsi | *wirdijais | *wirdī | *wirdijasai | *wirdijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *wirdīþi | *wirdijai | *wirdijaþau | *wirdijaþai | *wirdijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *wirdijōs | *wirdijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *wirdijaþiz | *wirdijaiþiz | *wirdijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *wirdijamaz | *wirdijaim | — | *wirdijanþai | *wirdijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *wirdīþ | *wirdijaiþ | *wirdīþ | *wirdijanþai | *wirdijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *wirdijanþi | *wirdijain | *wirdijanþau | *wirdijanþai | *wirdijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *wirdidǭ | *wirdidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *wirdidēz | *wirdidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *wirdidē | *wirdidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wirdidēdū | *wirdidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wirdidēdudiz | *wirdidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wirdidēdum | *wirdidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wirdidēdud | *wirdidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wirdidēdun | *wirdidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *wirdijandz | *wirdidaz | ||||
Descendants
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *andawirdijan
- Old High German: antwirten
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gagawairþjan)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*werđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456