Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wardāną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *warduz (“a guard”) + *-āną or *wardō (“protection”) + *-āną, both ultimately from the same root.[1]
Verb
edit*wardāną
- to guard, protect, watch over
Inflection
editactive voice | passive voice | |||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
1st singular | *wardō | ? | — | ? | ? | |
2nd singular | *wardaisi | ? | *wardai | *wardāsai | ? | |
3rd singular | *wardaiþi | ? | *wardāþau | *wardāþai | ? | |
1st dual | *wardōs | ? | — | — | — | |
2nd dual | *wardāþiz | ? | *wardāþiz | — | — | |
1st plural | *wardāmaz | ? | — | *wardānþai | ? | |
2nd plural | *wardaiþ | ? | *wardaiþ | *wardānþai | ? | |
3rd plural | *wardānþi | ? | *wardānþau | *wardānþai | ? | |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
1st singular | *wardadǭ | *wardadēdį̄ | ||||
2nd singular | *wardadēz | *wardadēdīz | ||||
3rd singular | *wardadē | *wardadēdī | ||||
1st dual | *wardadēdū | *wardadēdīw | ||||
2nd dual | *wardadēdudiz | *wardadēdīdiz | ||||
1st plural | *wardadēdum | *wardadēdīm | ||||
2nd plural | *wardadēdud | *wardadēdīd | ||||
3rd plural | *wardadēdun | *wardadēdīn | ||||
present | past | |||||
participles | *wardāndz | *wardadaz |
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *wardēn
- Old Norse: varða
- → Proto-Finnic: *vartodak (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Samic: *vuortētēk (see there for further descendants)