Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gerraną

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”).

Verb

*gerraną(West Germanic)

1. to creak, grumble, grate

   Synonym: *kerraną

Inflection

Conjugation of *gerraną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gerrō	*gerraų	—	*gerrai	?
2nd singular	*girrizi	*gerraiz	*gerr	*gerrazai	*gerraizau
3rd singular	*girridi	*gerrai	*gerradau	*gerradai	*gerraidau
1st dual	*gerrōz	*gerraiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*gerradiz	*gerraidiz	*gerradiz	—	—
1st plural	*gerramaz	*gerraim	—	*gerrandai	*gerraindau
2nd plural	*girrid	*gerraid	*girrid	*gerrandai	*gerraindau
3rd plural	*gerrandi	*gerrain	*gerrandau	*gerrandai	*gerraindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*garr	*gurrį̄
2nd singular	*garrt	*gurrīz
3rd singular	*garr	*gurrī
1st dual	*gurrū	*gurrīw
2nd dual	*gurrudiz	*gurrīdiz
1st plural	*gurrum	*gurrīm
2nd plural	*gurrud	*gurrīd
3rd plural	*gurrun	*gurrīn
	present	past
participles	*gerrandz	*gurranaz

Related terms

• *garrijaną
• *garrōną
• *gurrōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gerran
  • Old English: ġeorran
    • Middle English: ȝerren, ȝurren, ȝarren, yerren, yarren (merged with descendant of ġyrran)
      • English: yar
      • Scots: ȝarr, yarr
  • Old High German: *gerran
    • Middle High German: gerren