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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grōaną

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 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to become green, grow”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*grōaną

  1. to green
  2. (botany) to grow

Inflection

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Conjugation of *grōaną (strong class 7e)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *grōō *grōaų — *grōai ?
2nd singular *grōizi *grōaiz *grō *grōazai *grōaizau
3rd singular *grōidi *grōai *grōadau *grōadai *grōaidau
1st dual *grōōz *grōaiw — — —
2nd dual *grōadiz *grōaidiz *grōadiz — —
1st plural *grōamaz *grōaim — *grōandai *grōaindau
2nd plural *grōid *grōaid *grōid *grōandai *grōaindau
3rd plural *grōandi *grōain *grōandau *grōandai *grōaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *gegrō *gegrōį̄
2nd singular *gegrōt *gegrōīz
3rd singular *gegrō *gegrōī
1st dual *gegrōū *gegrōīw
2nd dual *gegrōudiz *gegrōīdiz
1st plural *gegrōum *gegrōīm
2nd plural *gegrōud *gegrōīd
3rd plural *gegrōun *gegrōīn
present past
participles *grōandz *grōanaz

Usage notes

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Originally, this word probably referred only to the growing of plants, not to growth in general. The more usual words for general growing were probably *wahsijaną and *aukaną.

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grōan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 191
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