Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raitijaną
Proto-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
- *wraitjaną
Etymology
Causative-iterative form of *wrītan (“to scratch, write”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑi̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*raitijaną[2]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *raitijō | *raitijaų | — | *raitijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *raitīsi | *raitijais | *raitī | *raitijasai | *raitijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *raitīþi | *raitijai | *raitijaþau | *raitijaþai | *raitijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *raitijōs | *raitijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *raitijaþiz | *raitijaiþiz | *raitijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *raitijamaz | *raitijaim | — | *raitijanþai | *raitijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *raitīþ | *raitijaiþ | *raitīþ | *raitijanþai | *raitijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *raitijanþi | *raitijain | *raitijanþau | *raitijanþai | *raitijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *raitidǭ | *raitidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *raitidēz | *raitidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *raitidē | *raitidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *raitidēdū | *raitidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *raitidēdudiz | *raitidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *raitidēdum | *raitidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *raitidēdud | *raitidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *raitidēdun | *raitidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *raitijandz | *raitidaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *raitijan
- Old Norse: reita
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wraitjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*raitjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 296