Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fratwijaną

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 *fratwō (“ornament, adornment, decoration”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɸrat.wi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*fratwijaną^[1]

To adorn, to decorate

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *fratwijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*fratwijō	*fratwijaų	—	*fratwijai	?
2nd singular	*fratwīsi	*fratwijais	*fratwī	*fratwijasai	*fratwijaisau
3rd singular	*fratwīþi	*fratwijai	*fratwijaþau	*fratwijaþai	*fratwijaiþau
1st dual	*fratwijōs	*fratwijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fratwijaþiz	*fratwijaiþiz	*fratwijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fratwijamaz	*fratwijaim	—	*fratwijanþai	*fratwijainþau
2nd plural	*fratwīþ	*fratwijaiþ	*fratwīþ	*fratwijanþai	*fratwijainþau
3rd plural	*fratwijanþi	*fratwijain	*fratwijanþau	*fratwijanþai	*fratwijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fratwidǭ	*fratwidēdį̄
2nd singular	*fratwidēz	*fratwidēdīz
3rd singular	*fratwidē	*fratwidēdī
1st dual	*fratwidēdū	*fratwidēdīw
2nd dual	*fratwidēdudiz	*fratwidēdīdiz
1st plural	*fratwidēdum	*fratwidēdīm
2nd plural	*fratwidēdud	*fratwidēdīd
3rd plural	*fratwidēdun	*fratwidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*fratwijandz	*fratwidaz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *fratwijan
- Old English: frætwan
Gothic: *𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*fratwjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usfratwjan)

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fratwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 112

[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fratwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 112

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