Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krintaną

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

Unclear, possibly related to *krītaną (“to shout, to proclaim”) with a nasal-infix.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrin.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*krintaną

1. to grumble, to murmur
2. to complain

Inflection

Conjugation of *krintaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*krintō	*krintaų	—	*krintai	?
2nd singular	*krintizi	*krintaiz	*krint	*krintazai	*krintaizau
3rd singular	*krintidi	*krintai	*krintadau	*krintadai	*krintaidau
1st dual	*krintōz	*krintaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*krintadiz	*krintaidiz	*krintadiz	—	—
1st plural	*krintamaz	*krintaim	—	*krintandai	*krintaindau
2nd plural	*krintid	*krintaid	*krintid	*krintandai	*krintaindau
3rd plural	*krintandi	*krintain	*krintandau	*krintandai	*krintaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*krant	*kruntį̄
2nd singular	*kranst	*kruntīz
3rd singular	*krant	*kruntī
1st dual	*kruntū	*kruntīw
2nd dual	*kruntudiz	*kruntīdiz
1st plural	*kruntum	*kruntīm
2nd plural	*kruntud	*kruntīd
3rd plural	*kruntun	*kruntīn
	present	past
participles	*krintandz	*kruntanaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: kretta
  • Icelandic: kretta