Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwōpaną

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

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɔː.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwōpaną

1. To boast
2. To threaten

Inflection

Conjugation of *hwōpaną (strong class 7e)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwōpō	*hwōpaų	—	*hwōpai	?
2nd singular	*hwōpizi	*hwōpaiz	*hwōp	*hwōpazai	*hwōpaizau
3rd singular	*hwōpidi	*hwōpai	*hwōpadau	*hwōpadai	*hwōpaidau
1st dual	*hwōpōz	*hwōpaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hwōpadiz	*hwōpaidiz	*hwōpadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hwōpamaz	*hwōpaim	—	*hwōpandai	*hwōpaindau
2nd plural	*hwōpid	*hwōpaid	*hwōpid	*hwōpandai	*hwōpaindau
3rd plural	*hwōpandi	*hwōpain	*hwōpandau	*hwōpandai	*hwōpaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwehwōp	*hwehwōpį̄
2nd singular	*hwehwōft	*hwehwōpīz
3rd singular	*hwehwōp	*hwehwōpī
1st dual	*hwehwōpū	*hwehwōpīw
2nd dual	*hwehwōpudiz	*hwehwōpīdiz
1st plural	*hwehwōpum	*hwehwōpīm
2nd plural	*hwehwōpud	*hwehwōpīd
3rd plural	*hwehwōpun	*hwehwōpīn
	present	past
participles	*hwōpandz	*hwōpanaz

Descendants

• Old English: hwōpan
  • Middle English: whopen
    • English: whoop
• Gothic: 𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ƕōpan)