Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fraetaną

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

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Etymology

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From *fra- +‎ *etaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɸrɑ.ˈe.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*fraetaną

  1. to devour, eat up, consume

Inflection

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As *etaną.

Conjugation of *fraetaną (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fraetō *fraetaų *fraetai ?
2nd singular *fraitizi *fraetaiz *fraet *fraetazai *fraetaizau
3rd singular *fraitidi *fraetai *fraetadau *fraetadai *fraetaidau
1st dual *fraetōz *fraetaiw
2nd dual *fraetadiz *fraetaidiz *fraetadiz
1st plural *fraetamaz *fraetaim *fraetandai *fraetaindau
2nd plural *fraitid *fraetaid *fraitid *fraetandai *fraetaindau
3rd plural *fraetandi *fraetain *fraetandau *fraetandai *fraetaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fraēt *fraētį̄
2nd singular *fraēst *fraētīz
3rd singular *fraēt *fraētī
1st dual *fraētū *fraētīw
2nd dual *fraētudiz *fraētīdiz
1st plural *fraētum *fraētīm
2nd plural *fraētud *fraētīd
3rd plural *fraētun *fraētīn
present past
participles *fraetandz *fraetanaz

The vowel of the prefix eventually contracted with the initial vowel of the stem, creating the later variant forms *fraitaną (the disyllabic ae collapsing into a diphthong) and *fretaną:

Descendants

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