Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dwergan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

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Etymology

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Possibly related to *dwerg (dwarf).[1]

Verb

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*dwergan

  1. to squeeze, press

Inflection

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Strong class 3
Infinitive *dwergan
1st sg. past *dwarg
3rd pl. past *dwurgun
Past ptcple *dworgan
Infinitive *dwergan
Genitive infin. *dwergannjas
Dative infin. *dwergannjē
Instrum. infin. *dwergannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *dwergu *dwarg
2nd singular *dwirgiʀi *dwurgī
3rd singular *dwirgidi *dwarg
1st plural *dwergum *dwurgum
2nd plural *dwirgid *dwurgud
3rd plural *dwergand *dwurgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *dwergē *dwurgī
2nd singular *dwergēs *dwurgī
3rd singular *dwergē *dwurgī
1st plural *dwergēm *dwurgīm
2nd plural *dwergēþ *dwurgīd
3rd plural *dwergēn *dwurgīn
Imperative Present
Singular *dwirg
Plural *dwirgid
Present Past
Participle *dwergandī *dworgan

Descendants

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  • Old High German: *twergen

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dwergan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112