Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frehnaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”). Cognate with Lithuanian prašyti (“to ask, request”), Latin precor (“ask, beseech”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸrex.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*frehnaną

to ask, inquire

Inflection

Present tense with n-infix.

Conjugation of *frehnaną (strong class 5)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*frehnō	*frehnaų	—	*frehnai	?
2nd singular	*frihnizi	*frehnaiz	*frehn	*frehnazai	*frehnaizau
3rd singular	*frihnidi	*frehnai	*frehnadau	*frehnadai	*frehnaidau
1st dual	*frehnōz	*frehnaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*frehnadiz	*frehnaidiz	*frehnadiz	—	—
1st plural	*frehnamaz	*frehnaim	—	*frehnandai	*frehnaindau
2nd plural	*frihnid	*frehnaid	*frihnid	*frehnandai	*frehnaindau
3rd plural	*frehnandi	*frehnain	*frehnandau	*frehnandai	*frehnaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*frah	*frēgį̄
2nd singular	*fraht	*frēgīz
3rd singular	*frah	*frēgī
1st dual	*frēgū	*frēgīw
2nd dual	*frēgudiz	*frēgīdiz
1st plural	*frēgum	*frēgīm
2nd plural	*frēgud	*frēgīd
3rd plural	*frēgun	*frēgīn

	present	past
participles	*frehnandz	*freganaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fregnan
- Old English: friġnan, fræġnian, freġnan, frīnan; freġna — Northumbrian
  - Middle English: fraynen, frain, fraine, frainen, frayn, frayne, freinen, freyne; fræine, fræinien, vraini (Early Middle English); fraȝȝnenn (Ormulum)
    - English: frain
    - Scots: frain, frane, frayn, frayne
- Old Saxon: fregnan
- ⇒ Old High German: gifrëgnan
Old Norse: fregna
- Icelandic: fregna
- Faroese: fregna
- Old Swedish: fræghna
- Old Danish: fræghnæ
Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan)