Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hreganą

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

Seemingly from a Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to jut out”), though Kroonen adduces no cognates outside of Germanic, specifically rejecting the traditional connections with Ancient Greek κρόσσαι (króssai, “stepped copings of parapets”), Lithuanian krãkė (“rod, staff”), Russian кроква (krókva, “bar, club, rafters”). Orel, who reconstructs the Germanic as *reganą, instead derives the root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erǵʰ- (“to move, go”), comparing Ancient Greek ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “to come, go”); however, in light of Old High German hragēn, this is phonetically untenable, as well as semantically tenuous.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxre.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hreganą(West Germanic)

1. to jut out

Inflection

Conjugation of *hreganą (strong class 4)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hregō	*hregaų	—	*hregai	?
2nd singular	*hrigizi	*hregaiz	*hreg	*hregazai	*hregaizau
3rd singular	*hrigidi	*hregai	*hregadau	*hregadai	*hregaidau
1st dual	*hregōz	*hregaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hregadiz	*hregaidiz	*hregadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hregamaz	*hregaim	—	*hregandai	*hregaindau
2nd plural	*hrigid	*hregaid	*hrigid	*hregandai	*hregaindau
3rd plural	*hregandi	*hregain	*hregandau	*hregandai	*hregaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hrag	*hrēgį̄
2nd singular	*hraht	*hrēgīz
3rd singular	*hrag	*hrēgī
1st dual	*hrēgū	*hrēgīw
2nd dual	*hrēgudiz	*hrēgīdiz
1st plural	*hrēgum	*hrēgīm
2nd plural	*hrēgud	*hrēgīd
3rd plural	*hrēgun	*hrēgīn
	present	past
participles	*hregandz	*hruganaz

Derived terms

• *hragjaną
• *hragōną

Descendants

• Middle High German: regen