Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/darbijaną

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 *derbaną (“to work, perish”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑr.βi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*darbijaną

1. To cause to perish
2. To destroy

Inflection

Conjugation of *darbijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*darbijō	*darbijaų	—	*darbijai	?
2nd singular	*darbīsi	*darbijais	*darbī	*darbijasai	*darbijaisau
3rd singular	*darbīþi	*darbijai	*darbijaþau	*darbijaþai	*darbijaiþau
1st dual	*darbijōs	*darbijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*darbijaþiz	*darbijaiþiz	*darbijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*darbijamaz	*darbijaim	—	*darbijanþai	*darbijainþau
2nd plural	*darbīþ	*darbijaiþ	*darbīþ	*darbijanþai	*darbijainþau
3rd plural	*darbijanþi	*darbijain	*darbijanþau	*darbijanþai	*darbijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*darbidǭ	*darbidēdį̄
2nd singular	*darbidēz	*darbidēdīz
3rd singular	*darbidē	*darbidēdī
1st dual	*darbidēdū	*darbidēdīw
2nd dual	*darbidēdudiz	*darbidēdīdiz
1st plural	*darbidēdum	*darbidēdīm
2nd plural	*darbidēdud	*darbidēdīd
3rd plural	*darbidēdun	*darbidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*darbijandz	*darbidaz

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *dervian
  • Middle Low German: derven
• ⇒ Old Dutch: *biderven
  • Middle Dutch: bederven (conflated with the strong verb)
    • Dutch: bederven
• ⇒ Old Dutch: *farderven
  • Middle Dutch: verderven
    • Dutch: verderven
• Old High German: *farderben
  • Middle High German: verderben
    • German: verderben