Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hreudaną

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

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *krewH- (“to heap up”) and cognate with Lithuanian kráuju, kráuti (“to put on top of each other”) and Proto-Slavic *krỳti (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxreu̯.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hreudaną

1. to cover
2. to adorn, to decorate

Inflection

Conjugation of *hreudaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hreudō	*hreudaų	—	*hreudai	?
2nd singular	*hriudizi	*hreudaiz	*hreud	*hreudazai	*hreudaizau
3rd singular	*hriudidi	*hreudai	*hreudadau	*hreudadai	*hreudaidau
1st dual	*hreudōz	*hreudaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hreudadiz	*hreudaidiz	*hreudadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hreudamaz	*hreudaim	—	*hreudandai	*hreudaindau
2nd plural	*hriudid	*hreudaid	*hriudid	*hreudandai	*hreudaindau
3rd plural	*hreudandi	*hreudain	*hreudandau	*hreudandai	*hreudaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hraud	*hrudį̄
2nd singular	*hraust	*hrudīz
3rd singular	*hraud	*hrudī
1st dual	*hrudū	*hrudīw
2nd dual	*hrududiz	*hrudīdiz
1st plural	*hrudum	*hrudīm
2nd plural	*hrudud	*hrudīd
3rd plural	*hrudun	*hrudīn
	present	past
participles	*hreudandz	*hrudanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hreudan
  • Old English: hrēodan
• Old Norse: hrjóða (only attested in the past participle hroðinn)