Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tremaną

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 *drem- (“to run”). A direct cognate with Sanskrit द्रमति (drámati, “to run (about)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtre.mɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tremaną

1. (West Germanic) to wander, waver

Inflection

Conjugation of *tremaną (strong class 4)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tremō	*tremaų	—	*tremai	?
2nd singular	*trimizi	*tremaiz	*trem	*tremazai	*tremaizau
3rd singular	*trimidi	*tremai	*tremadau	*tremadai	*tremaidau
1st dual	*tremōz	*tremaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*tremadiz	*tremaidiz	*tremadiz	—	—
1st plural	*tremamaz	*tremaim	—	*tremandai	*tremaindau
2nd plural	*trimid	*tremaid	*trimid	*tremandai	*tremaindau
3rd plural	*tremandi	*tremain	*tremandau	*tremandai	*tremaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tram	*trēmį̄
2nd singular	*tramt	*trēmīz
3rd singular	*tram	*trēmī
1st dual	*trēmū	*trēmīw
2nd dual	*trēmudiz	*trēmīdiz
1st plural	*trēmum	*trēmīm
2nd plural	*trēmud	*trēmīd
3rd plural	*trēmun	*trēmīn
	present	past
participles	*tremandz	*trumanaz

Related terms

• *tremą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *treman
  • Old High German: *treman
    • Middle High German: tremen