Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þruwāną

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *þruwaz (“matured”) +‎ *-āną.^[1] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trew(H)- (“to norish, to grow”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈθru.wɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*þruwāną^[1]

to mature, to thrive

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *þruwāną (weak class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*þruwō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*þruwaisi	?	*þruwai	*þruwāsai	?
3rd singular	*þruwaiþi	?	*þruwāþau	*þruwāþai	?
1st dual	*þruwōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*þruwāþiz	?	*þruwāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*þruwāmaz	?	—	*þruwānþai	?
2nd plural	*þruwaiþ	?	*þruwaiþ	*þruwānþai	?
3rd plural	*þruwānþi	?	*þruwānþau	*þruwānþai	?

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þruwadǭ	*þruwadēdį̄
2nd singular	*þruwadēz	*þruwadēdīz
3rd singular	*þruwadē	*þruwadēdī
1st dual	*þruwadēdū	*þruwadēdīw
2nd dual	*þruwadēdudiz	*þruwadēdīdiz
1st plural	*þruwadēdum	*þruwadēdīm
2nd plural	*þruwadēdud	*þruwadēdīd
3rd plural	*þruwadēdun	*þruwadēdīn

	present	past
participles	*þruwāndz	*þruwadaz

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Old Norse: þróa
- Icelandic: þróa

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þruwēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 548

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þruwēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 548

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