Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fraslindaną

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 *fra- +‎ *slindaną. For the semantics, compare *fraetaną.

Verb

*fraslindaną

1. to gobble up, devour, eat greedily

Inflection

Conjugation of *fraslindaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fraslindō	*fraslindaų	—	*fraslindai	?
2nd singular	*fraslindizi	*fraslindaiz	*fraslind	*fraslindazai	*fraslindaizau
3rd singular	*fraslindidi	*fraslindai	*fraslindadau	*fraslindadai	*fraslindaidau
1st dual	*fraslindōz	*fraslindaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fraslindadiz	*fraslindaidiz	*fraslindadiz	—	—
1st plural	*fraslindamaz	*fraslindaim	—	*fraslindandai	*fraslindaindau
2nd plural	*fraslindid	*fraslindaid	*fraslindid	*fraslindandai	*fraslindaindau
3rd plural	*fraslindandi	*fraslindain	*fraslindandau	*fraslindandai	*fraslindaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*frasland	*fraslundį̄
2nd singular	*fraslanst	*fraslundīz
3rd singular	*frasland	*fraslundī
1st dual	*fraslundū	*fraslundīw
2nd dual	*fraslundudiz	*fraslundīdiz
1st plural	*fraslundum	*fraslundīm
2nd plural	*fraslundud	*fraslundīd
3rd plural	*fraslundun	*fraslundīn
	present	past
participles	*fraslindandz	*fraslundanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fraslindan
  • Old Saxon: *farslindan
    • Middle Low German: vorslinden
  • Old Dutch: *farslindan
    • Middle Dutch: verslinden, verslingen
      • Dutch: verslinden, (archaic) verslingen
        • Afrikaans: verslind, verslinde
      • → English: forsling
  • Old High German:
    • Middle High German:
      • German: verschlingen
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (fraslindan)