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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grētaną

 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 *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɛː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*grētaną

  1. to weep, to cry

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *grētaną (strong class 7d)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *grētō *grētaų — *grētai ?
2nd singular *grētizi *grētaiz *grēt *grētazai *grētaizau
3rd singular *grētidi *grētai *grētadau *grētadai *grētaidau
1st dual *grētōz *grētaiw — — —
2nd dual *grētadiz *grētaidiz *grētadiz — —
1st plural *grētamaz *grētaim — *grētandai *grētaindau
2nd plural *grētid *grētaid *grētid *grētandai *grētaindau
3rd plural *grētandi *grētain *grētandau *grētandai *grētaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *gegrōt *gegrōtį̄
2nd singular *gegrōst *gegrōtīz
3rd singular *gegrōt *gegrōtī
1st dual *gegrōtū *gegrōtīw
2nd dual *gegrōtudiz *gegrōtīdiz
1st plural *gegrōtum *gegrōtīm
2nd plural *gegrōtud *gegrōtīd
3rd plural *gegrōtun *gegrōtīn
present past
participles *grētandz *grētanaz

Derived terms edit

  • *grōtijaną (“to make someone weep, bring to tears”, causative)

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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