Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurstijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *þurstuz (“thirst”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθurs.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þurstijaną

1. (impersonal, with accusative) to thirst, to be thirsty

Inflection

Conjugation of *þurstijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þurstijō	*þurstijaų	—	*þurstijai	?
2nd singular	*þurstīsi	*þurstijais	*þurstī	*þurstijasai	*þurstijaisau
3rd singular	*þurstīþi	*þurstijai	*þurstijaþau	*þurstijaþai	*þurstijaiþau
1st dual	*þurstijōs	*þurstijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*þurstijaþiz	*þurstijaiþiz	*þurstijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*þurstijamaz	*þurstijaim	—	*þurstijanþai	*þurstijainþau
2nd plural	*þurstīþ	*þurstijaiþ	*þurstīþ	*þurstijanþai	*þurstijainþau
3rd plural	*þurstijanþi	*þurstijain	*þurstijanþau	*þurstijanþai	*þurstijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þurstidǭ	*þurstidēdį̄
2nd singular	*þurstidēz	*þurstidēdīz
3rd singular	*þurstidē	*þurstidēdī
1st dual	*þurstidēdū	*þurstidēdīw
2nd dual	*þurstidēdudiz	*þurstidēdīdiz
1st plural	*þurstidēdum	*þurstidēdīm
2nd plural	*þurstidēdud	*þurstidēdīd
3rd plural	*þurstidēdun	*þurstidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*þurstijandz	*þurstidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þurstijan
  • Old English: þyrstan
    • Middle English: thirsten
      • English: thirst
  • Old Frisian:
    • >? West Frisian: toarstje, toarstgje (a class 2 verb, possibly a new formation)
  • Old Saxon: thurstian
    • Middle Low German: dörsten
  • Old Dutch: thursten
    • Middle Dutch: dorsten
      • Dutch: dorsten
  • Old High German: dursten
    • Middle High German: dürsten
      • German: dürsten
• Old Norse: þyrsta
  • Icelandic: þyrsta
  • Faroese: tysta
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: tyrsta, tyrste, tørsta, tørste
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tørste
  • Swedish: törsta
  • Danish: tørste
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þaurstjan)