Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drabaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to grind; crush; kill”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *drobìti (“to crush”), Lithuanian drėbti (“to strike”) and Latvian drêbt (“to beat”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑ.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*drabaną^[1]^[2]

to hit, hew

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *drabaną (strong class 6)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*drabō	*drabaų	—	*drabai	?
2nd singular	*drabizi	*drabaiz	*drab	*drabazai	*drabaizau
3rd singular	*drabidi	*drabai	*drabadau	*drabadai	*drabaidau
1st dual	*drabōz	*drabaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*drabadiz	*drabaidiz	*drabadiz	—	—
1st plural	*drabamaz	*drabaim	—	*drabandai	*drabaindau
2nd plural	*drabid	*drabaid	*drabid	*drabandai	*drabaindau
3rd plural	*drabandi	*drabain	*drabandau	*drabandai	*drabaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*drōb	*drōbį̄
2nd singular	*drōft	*drōbīz
3rd singular	*drōb	*drōbī
1st dual	*drōbū	*drōbīw
2nd dual	*drōbudiz	*drōbīdiz
1st plural	*drōbum	*drōbīm
2nd plural	*drōbud	*drōbīd
3rd plural	*drōbun	*drōbīn

	present	past
participles	*drabandz	*drabanaz

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Gothic: *𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*draban)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gadraban)

References edit

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*draban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98
^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “DRAB*-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 160

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*draban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98

[2] Seebold, Elmar (1970) “DRAB*-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 160

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