Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/druppōną

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 earlier paradigm *druppōþi ~ *drubunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *dʰrubʰ-nā́-ti ~ *dʰrubʰ-un-ánti, iterative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to drop”). Cognate with Lithuanian drìbti. Possibly conflated with a denominative construction *drupô (“drop of liquid”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrup.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*druppōną

1. to drop, to fall
2. to drip, to seep

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *drupp- against *drub-.

Conjugation of *druppōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*druppō	*druppǭ	—	*druppōi	?
2nd singular	*druppōsi	*druppōs	*druppō	*druppōsai	*druppōsau
3rd singular	*druppōþi	*druppō	*druppōþau	*druppōþai	*druppōþau
1st dual	*druppōs	*druppōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*druppōþiz	*druppōþiz	*druppōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*druppōmaz	*druppōm	—	*druppōnþai	*druppōnþau
2nd plural	*druppōþ	*druppōþ	*druppōþ	*druppōnþai	*druppōnþau
3rd plural	*druppōnþi	*druppōn	*druppōnþau	*druppōnþai	*druppōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*druppōdǭ	*druppōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*druppōdēz	*druppōdēdīz
3rd singular	*druppōdē	*druppōdēdī
1st dual	*druppōdēdū	*druppōdēdīw
2nd dual	*druppōdēdudiz	*druppōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*druppōdēdum	*druppōdēdīm
2nd plural	*druppōdēdud	*druppōdēdīd
3rd plural	*druppōdēdun	*druppōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*druppōndz	*druppōdaz

Related terms

• *dreupaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *droppōn
  • Old English: droppian, dropian
    • Middle English: droppen
      • English: drop
  • Old Saxon: *dropōn
    • Middle Low German: drōpen
  • Old Dutch: droppon
    • Middle Dutch: droppen, *drubben, druppen (likely conflated with the descendant of *druppjan)
      • Dutch: druppen, drubben
        • Afrikaans: drup
  • Old High German: tropfōn
    • Middle High German: tropfen
      • German: tropfen
• Old Norse: *droppa, *drubba
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Nynorsk: drubba

  • Swedish: droppa