Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/freusan

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *freusaną.

Verb edit

*freusan[1]

  1. to freeze

Inflection edit

Strong class 2
Infinitive *freusan
1st sg. past *fraus
3rd pl. past *fruʀun
Past ptcple *froʀan
Infinitive *freusan
Genitive infin. *freusannjas
Dative infin. *freusannjē
Instrum. infin. *freusannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *freusu *fraus
2nd singular *friusiʀi *fruʀī
3rd singular *friusidi *fraus
1st plural *freusum *fruʀum
2nd plural *friusid *fruʀud
3rd plural *freusand *fruʀun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *freusē *fruʀī
2nd singular *freusēs *fruʀī
3rd singular *freusē *fruʀī
1st plural *freusēm *fruʀīm
2nd plural *freusēþ *fruʀīd
3rd plural *freusēn *fruʀīn
Imperative Present
Singular *frius
Plural *friusid
Present Past
Participle *freusandī *froʀan

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83:PWGmc [...] ‘frozen’ [...] *frozan