Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/firrijaną

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 *ferrai (“far”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸir.ri.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*firrijaną

1. to remove, take away, deprive
2. to depart from, withdraw

Inflection

Conjugation of *firrijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*firrijō	*firrijaų	—	*firrijai	?
2nd singular	*firrīsi	*firrijais	*firrī	*firrijasai	*firrijaisau
3rd singular	*firrīþi	*firrijai	*firrijaþau	*firrijaþai	*firrijaiþau
1st dual	*firrijōs	*firrijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*firrijaþiz	*firrijaiþiz	*firrijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*firrijamaz	*firrijaim	—	*firrijanþai	*firrijainþau
2nd plural	*firrīþ	*firrijaiþ	*firrīþ	*firrijanþai	*firrijainþau
3rd plural	*firrijanþi	*firrijain	*firrijanþau	*firrijanþai	*firrijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*firridǭ	*firridēdį̄
2nd singular	*firridēz	*firridēdīz
3rd singular	*firridē	*firridēdī
1st dual	*firridēdū	*firridēdīw
2nd dual	*firridēdudiz	*firridēdīdiz
1st plural	*firridēdum	*firridēdīm
2nd plural	*firridēdud	*firridēdīd
3rd plural	*firridēdun	*firridēdīn
	present	past
participles	*firrijandz	*firridaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *firrijan
  • Old English: fierran, feorran, firran, fyrran
    • Middle English: ferren
      • English: far
  • Old Saxon: firrian
    • Middle Low German: vēren, verren
  • Old Dutch: *firren
    • Middle Dutch: verren, ferren, varren
      • Dutch: verren, varren (obsolete)
  • Old High German: firren
    • Middle High German: virren
• Old Norse: firra
  • Icelandic: firra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjerna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjerne