Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrinkwaną

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

Unclear. Thought to be related to Old High German hranca and Middle Dutch ranke (“tendril, twig”). Furthermore possibly related to Old Church Slavonic крѫгъ (krǫgŭ, “circle”).

Alternative reconstructions

• *hrenkwaną

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxriŋʷ.kʷɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hrinkwaną

1. to bend
2. to curl
3. to recoil, to give way

Inflection

Conjugation of *hrinkwaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hrinkwō	*hrinkwaų	—	*hrinkwai	?
2nd singular	*hrinkwizi	*hrinkwaiz	*hrinkw	*hrinkwazai	*hrinkwaizau
3rd singular	*hrinkwidi	*hrinkwai	*hrinkwadau	*hrinkwadai	*hrinkwaidau
1st dual	*hrinkwōz	*hrinkwaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hrinkwadiz	*hrinkwaidiz	*hrinkwadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hrinkwamaz	*hrinkwaim	—	*hrinkwandai	*hrinkwaindau
2nd plural	*hrinkwid	*hrinkwaid	*hrinkwid	*hrinkwandai	*hrinkwaindau
3rd plural	*hrinkwandi	*hrinkwain	*hrinkwandau	*hrinkwandai	*hrinkwaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hrankw	*hrunkį̄
2nd singular	*hranht	*hrunkīz
3rd singular	*hrankw	*hrunkī
1st dual	*hrunkū	*hrunkīw
2nd dual	*hrunkudiz	*hrunkīdiz
1st plural	*hrunkum	*hrunkīm
2nd plural	*hrunkud	*hrunkīd
3rd plural	*hrunkun	*hrunkīn
	present	past
participles	*hrinkwandz	*hrunkwanaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: hrǫkkva
  • Icelandic: hrökkva
  • Faroese: røkka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rekka
  • Danish: række
    • Norwegian Bokmål: rekke