Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrainijaną

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 *hrainiz (“clean, pure”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxrɑi̯.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hrainijaną

1. (transitive) to make clean, cleanse

Inflection

Conjugation of *hrainijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hrainijō	*hrainijaų	—	*hrainijai	?
2nd singular	*hrainīsi	*hrainijais	*hrainī	*hrainijasai	*hrainijaisau
3rd singular	*hrainīþi	*hrainijai	*hrainijaþau	*hrainijaþai	*hrainijaiþau
1st dual	*hrainijōs	*hrainijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hrainijaþiz	*hrainijaiþiz	*hrainijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hrainijamaz	*hrainijaim	—	*hrainijanþai	*hrainijainþau
2nd plural	*hrainīþ	*hrainijaiþ	*hrainīþ	*hrainijanþai	*hrainijainþau
3rd plural	*hrainijanþi	*hrainijain	*hrainijanþau	*hrainijanþai	*hrainijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hrainidǭ	*hrainidēdį̄
2nd singular	*hrainidēz	*hrainidēdīz
3rd singular	*hrainidē	*hrainidēdī
1st dual	*hrainidēdū	*hrainidēdīw
2nd dual	*hrainidēdudiz	*hrainidēdīdiz
1st plural	*hrainidēdum	*hrainidēdīm
2nd plural	*hrainidēdud	*hrainidēdīd
3rd plural	*hrainidēdun	*hrainidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*hrainijandz	*hrainidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hrainijan
  • Old Saxon: hrēnian
    • Middle Low German: rênen (merged with the descendant of *hrainōn)
  • Old Dutch: reinen
    • Middle Dutch: reinen
      • Dutch: reinen
      • Limburgish: reine
  • Old High German: reinen
    • Middle High German: reinen (merged with the descendant of *hrainōn)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hrainjan)