Reconstruction:Old Dutch/kervan

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-.

Verb

*kervan

1. to cut

Inflection

Conjugation of *kervan (strong class 3)

infinitive	*kervan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	*kervo, *kervon	*carf
2nd person singular	*kirvis, *kirvist	*curvi, *curvis
3rd person singular	*kirvit	*carf
1st person plural	*kervon	*curvun
2nd person plural	*kervet	*curvut
3rd person plural	*kervont	*curvun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	*kerve	*curvi
2nd person singular	*kerves, *kervest	*curvi, *curvis
3rd person singular	*kerve	*curvi
1st person plural	*kerven	*curvin
2nd person plural	*kervet	*curvit
3rd person plural	*kerven	*curvin
imperative	present
singular	*kerf, *kirf
plural	*kervet
participle	present	past
	*kervandi	*corvan, *gicorvan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: kerven
  • Dutch: kerven