Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīrāną

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

Seemingly from the same reduplicated Proto-Indo-European *Hrey-Hroy-e- as Sanskrit लेलायति (lelāyáti, “to quiver, tremble”), from *Hrey-. Further compare Latvian raize (“worry, concern”), rieva (“wrinkle”).

Verb

*rīrāną^[1](East Germanic)

to tremble

Inflection

Conjugation of *rīrāną (weak class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*rīrō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*rīraisi	?	*rīrai	*rīrāsai	?
3rd singular	*rīraiþi	?	*rīrāþau	*rīrāþai	?
1st dual	*rīrōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*rīrāþiz	?	*rīrāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*rīrāmaz	?	—	*rīrānþai	?
2nd plural	*rīraiþ	?	*rīraiþ	*rīrānþai	?
3rd plural	*rīrānþi	?	*rīrānþau	*rīrānþai	?

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rīradǭ	*rīradēdį̄
2nd singular	*rīradēz	*rīradēdīz
3rd singular	*rīradē	*rīradēdī
1st dual	*rīradēdū	*rīradēdīw
2nd dual	*rīradēdudiz	*rīradēdīdiz
1st plural	*rīradēdum	*rīradēdīm
2nd plural	*rīradēdud	*rīradēdīd
3rd plural	*rīradēdun	*rīradēdīn

	present	past
participles	*rīrāndz	*rīradaz

Derived terms

*rīrō

Descendants

Gothic: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (reiran)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rīrēn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 414

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rīrēn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 414

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