Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kurzōną

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 Pre-Germanic *grs-néh₂-ti an iterative verb closely related to the strong verb *kerzaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkur.zɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kurzōną

1. to creak (of birds)
2. to grunt
3. to murmur

Inflection

Conjugation of *kurzōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kurzō	*kurzǭ	—	*kurzōi	?
2nd singular	*kurzōsi	*kurzōs	*kurzō	*kurzōsai	*kurzōsau
3rd singular	*kurzōþi	*kurzō	*kurzōþau	*kurzōþai	*kurzōþau
1st dual	*kurzōs	*kurzōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*kurzōþiz	*kurzōþiz	*kurzōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*kurzōmaz	*kurzōm	—	*kurzōnþai	*kurzōnþau
2nd plural	*kurzōþ	*kurzōþ	*kurzōþ	*kurzōnþai	*kurzōnþau
3rd plural	*kurzōnþi	*kurzōn	*kurzōnþau	*kurzōnþai	*kurzōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kurzōdǭ	*kurzōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*kurzōdēz	*kurzōdēdīz
3rd singular	*kurzōdē	*kurzōdēdī
1st dual	*kurzōdēdū	*kurzōdēdīw
2nd dual	*kurzōdēdudiz	*kurzōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*kurzōdēdum	*kurzōdēdīm
2nd plural	*kurzōdēdud	*kurzōdēdīd
3rd plural	*kurzōdēdun	*kurzōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*kurzōndz	*kurzōdaz

Related terms

• *kerzaną
• *karzōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kurʀōn
  • Old Saxon: *kurrōn
    • Middle Low German: kurren, korren
  • Old Dutch: *corron
    • Middle Dutch: corren, curren
      • Dutch: korren
  • Old High German: *kurrōn
    • Middle High German: kurren
      • German: kurren
• Old Norse: kurra
  • Icelandic: korra
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: kurre

    Norwegian Nynorsk: kurre, kurra

  • Elfdalian: kurra
  • Swedish: kurra, korra
  • Danish: kurre