Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rannijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *rannijaną.

Verb edit

*rannijan[1]

  1. to cause to run

Inflection edit

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *rannijan
1st sg. past *rannidā
Infinitive *rannijan
Genitive infin. *rannijannjas
Dative infin. *rannijannjē
Instrum. infin. *rannijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *ranniju *rannidā
2nd singular *rannisi *rannidēs, *rannidōs
3rd singular *ranniþi *rannidē, *rannidā
1st plural *rannijum *rannidum
2nd plural *ranniþ *rannidud
3rd plural *rannijanþ *rannidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *rannijē *rannidī
2nd singular *rannijēs *rannidī
3rd singular *rannijē *rannidī
1st plural *rannijēm *rannidīm
2nd plural *rannijēþ *rannidīd
3rd plural *rannijēn *rannidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *ranni
Plural *ranniþ
Present Past
Participle *rannijandī *rannid

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old English: ærnan
  • Old Frisian: renna
  • Old Saxon: rennan
  • Old Dutch: *rennan
  • Old High German: rennan

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 229:PWGmc *rannijan