Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grasōną

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

Etymology

From *grasą (“grass”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɑ.sɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*grasōną

1. to feed on grass; graze

Inflection

Conjugation of *grasōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*grasō	*grasǭ	—	*grasōi	?
2nd singular	*grasōsi	*grasōs	*grasō	*grasōsai	*grasōsau
3rd singular	*grasōþi	*grasō	*grasōþau	*grasōþai	*grasōþau
1st dual	*grasōs	*grasōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*grasōþiz	*grasōþiz	*grasōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*grasōmaz	*grasōm	—	*grasōnþai	*grasōnþau
2nd plural	*grasōþ	*grasōþ	*grasōþ	*grasōnþai	*grasōnþau
3rd plural	*grasōnþi	*grasōn	*grasōnþau	*grasōnþai	*grasōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*grasōdǭ	*grasōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*grasōdēz	*grasōdēdīz
3rd singular	*grasōdē	*grasōdēdī
1st dual	*grasōdēdū	*grasōdēdīw
2nd dual	*grasōdēdudiz	*grasōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*grasōdēdum	*grasōdēdīm
2nd plural	*grasōdēdud	*grasōdēdīd
3rd plural	*grasōdēdun	*grasōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*grasōndz	*grasōdaz

Related terms

• *grasjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *grasōn
  • Old English: grasian
    • Middle English: grasen
      • English: graze
  • Old Frisian: gersia
    • West Frisian: gerskje
  • Old Saxon: grasōn
    • Middle Low German: grāsen
      • German Low German: grasen
  • Old Dutch: *grason
    • Middle Dutch: grāsen
      • Dutch: grazen
  • Old High German: grasōn
    • Middle High German: grasen
      • Cimbrian: graazan
      • German: grasen
• Old Norse: grasa
  • Icelandic: grasa
  • Faroese: grasa