Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hungrōną

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 *hungruz (“hunger”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuŋ.ɡrɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hungrōną

1. (impersonal, with accusative) to be hungry, starve

Inflection

Conjugation of *hungrōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hungrō	*hungrǭ	—	*hungrōi	?
2nd singular	*hungrōsi	*hungrōs	*hungrō	*hungrōsai	*hungrōsau
3rd singular	*hungrōþi	*hungrō	*hungrōþau	*hungrōþai	*hungrōþau
1st dual	*hungrōs	*hungrōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hungrōþiz	*hungrōþiz	*hungrōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hungrōmaz	*hungrōm	—	*hungrōnþai	*hungrōnþau
2nd plural	*hungrōþ	*hungrōþ	*hungrōþ	*hungrōnþai	*hungrōnþau
3rd plural	*hungrōnþi	*hungrōn	*hungrōnþau	*hungrōnþai	*hungrōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hungrōdǭ	*hungrōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*hungrōdēz	*hungrōdēdīz
3rd singular	*hungrōdē	*hungrōdēdī
1st dual	*hungrōdēdū	*hungrōdēdīw
2nd dual	*hungrōdēdudiz	*hungrōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*hungrōdēdum	*hungrōdēdīm
2nd plural	*hungrōdēdud	*hungrōdēdīd
3rd plural	*hungrōdēdun	*hungrōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*hungrōndz	*hungrōdaz

Synonyms

• *hungrijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hungrōn
  • Old English: *hungrian
    • Middle English: hungren (merged with descendants of *hungrijan)
      • Scots: hungir
      • English: hunger
  • Old Frisian: hungeria
    • West Frisian: hongerje
  • Old High German: hungarōn
    • Middle High German: hungeren
      • Cimbrian: hungaran
      • German: hungern
• Old Norse: hungra
  • Icelandic: hungra
  • Swedish: hungra