Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fūrijan

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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From *fūr (castrated) +‎ *-jan.[1]

Verb

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*fūrijan

  1. to castrate

Inflection

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Class 1 weak
Infinitive *fūrijan
1st sg. past *fūridā
Infinitive *fūrijan
Genitive infin. *fūrijannjas
Dative infin. *fūrijannjē
Instrum. infin. *fūrijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *fūriju *fūridā
2nd singular *fūrisi *fūridēs, *fūridōs
3rd singular *fūriþi *fūridē, *fūridā
1st plural *fūrijum *fūridum
2nd plural *fūriþ *fūridud
3rd plural *fūrijanþ *fūridun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *fūrijē *fūridī
2nd singular *fūrijēs *fūridī
3rd singular *fūrijē *fūridī
1st plural *fūrijēm *fūridīm
2nd plural *fūrijēþ *fūridīd
3rd plural *fūrijēn *fūridīn
Imperative Present
Singular *fūri
Plural *fūriþ
Present Past
Participle *fūrijandī *fūrid

Descendants

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  • Old English: *fȳran
  • Old High German: *fūren

References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fūrjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161