Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rādan

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 *rēdaną.

Verb edit

*rādan[1]

  1. to advise, counsel, help
  2. to devise, decide, plan
  3. to suppose, guess, interpret

Inflection edit

Strong class 7d
Infinitive *rādan
1st sg. past *rēd
3rd pl. past *rēdun
Past ptcple *rādan
Infinitive *rādan
Genitive infin. *rādannjas
Dative infin. *rādannjē
Instrum. infin. *rādannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *rādu *rēd
2nd singular *rādiʀi *rēdī
3rd singular *rādidi *rēd
1st plural *rādum *rēdum
2nd plural *rādid *rēdud
3rd plural *rādand *rēdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *rādē *rēdī
2nd singular *rādēs *rēdī
3rd singular *rādē *rēdī
1st plural *rādēm *rēdīm
2nd plural *rādēþ *rēdīd
3rd plural *rādēn *rēdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *rād
Plural *rādid
Present Past
Participle *rādandī *rādan

Related terms edit

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 97:PWGmc *rādan, *rerōd ~ *rerd-