Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rafjaną

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *rafaną

Etymology

Likely from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥́₁p-(y)e-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑɸ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rafjaną

1. to seize, take

Inflection

Conjugation of *rafjaną (strong class 6 j-present)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rafjō	*rafjaų	—	*rafjai	?
2nd singular	*rafisi	*rafjais	*rafi	*rafjasai	*rafjaisau
3rd singular	*rafiþi	*rafjai	*rafjaþau	*rafjaþai	*rafjaiþau
1st dual	*rafjōs	*rafjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*rafjaþiz	*rafjaiþiz	*rafjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*rafjamaz	*rafjaim	—	*rafjanþai	*rafjainþau
2nd plural	*rafiþ	*rafjaiþ	*rafiþ	*rafjanþai	*rafjainþau
3rd plural	*rafjanþi	*rafjain	*rafjanþau	*rafjanþai	*rafjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rōf	*rōbį̄
2nd singular	*rōft	*rōbīz
3rd singular	*rōf	*rōbī
1st dual	*rōbū	*rōbīw
2nd dual	*rōbudiz	*rōbīdiz
1st plural	*rōbum	*rōbīm
2nd plural	*rōbud	*rōbīd
3rd plural	*rōbun	*rōbīn
	present	past
participles	*rafjandz	*rabanaz

Derived terms

• *birafjaną

Descendants

• Old English: *rafan
  • ⇒ Old English: *berafan (attested once as berōfon)