Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wraitijaną

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 *wrītaną (“scratch, carve”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwrɑi̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wraitijaną

1. to vex
2. to excite

Inflection

Conjugation of *wraitijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wraitijō	*wraitijaų	—	*wraitijai	?
2nd singular	*wraitīsi	*wraitijais	*wraitī	*wraitijasai	*wraitijaisau
3rd singular	*wraitīþi	*wraitijai	*wraitijaþau	*wraitijaþai	*wraitijaiþau
1st dual	*wraitijōs	*wraitijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wraitijaþiz	*wraitijaiþiz	*wraitijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wraitijamaz	*wraitijaim	—	*wraitijanþai	*wraitijainþau
2nd plural	*wraitīþ	*wraitijaiþ	*wraitīþ	*wraitijanþai	*wraitijainþau
3rd plural	*wraitijanþi	*wraitijain	*wraitijanþau	*wraitijanþai	*wraitijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wraitidǭ	*wraitidēdį̄
2nd singular	*wraitidēz	*wraitidēdīz
3rd singular	*wraitidē	*wraitidēdī
1st dual	*wraitidēdū	*wraitidēdīw
2nd dual	*wraitidēdudiz	*wraitidēdīdiz
1st plural	*wraitidēdum	*wraitidēdīm
2nd plural	*wraitidēdud	*wraitidēdīd
3rd plural	*wraitidēdun	*wraitidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*wraitijandz	*wraitidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wraitijan
  • Old High German: reizen
    • Middle High German: reizen
      • German: reizen
      • → Middle Low German: rêssen, reissen, reisen
• Old Norse: reita
  • Swedish: reta