Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tregan

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 *treganą.

Verb edit

*tregan

  1. to suffer, be sick, grieve

Inflection edit

Strong class 5
Infinitive *tregan
1st sg. past *trag
3rd pl. past *trāgun
Past ptcple *tregan
Infinitive *tregan
Genitive infin. *tregannjas
Dative infin. *tregannjē
Instrum. infin. *tregannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *tregu *trag
2nd singular *trigiʀi *trāgī
3rd singular *trigidi *trag
1st plural *tregum *trāgum
2nd plural *trigid *trāgud
3rd plural *tregand *trāgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *tregē *trāgī
2nd singular *tregēs *trāgī
3rd singular *tregē *trāgī
1st plural *tregēm *trāgīm
2nd plural *tregēþ *trāgīd
3rd plural *tregēn *trāgīn
Imperative Present
Singular *trig
Plural *trigid
Present Past
Participle *tregandī *tregan

Alternative reconstructions edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Alternatively, the weak descendants could be from a hypothetical *tregōn

  • Old English: treġian (weak verb)
  • Old Saxon: tregan
  • Old Dutch: *tregon
    • Middle Dutch: tregen (weak verb)