Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strittōną

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 Proto-Indo-European *stridʰ-néh₂-ti, an iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *streydʰ- (“to resist”), the same root gave rise to the strong verb *strīdaną; see there for cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrit.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*strittōną

1. (North Germanic) to stand upright
2. (North Germanic) to resist

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *stritt- against non-singular *strid-.

Conjugation of *strittōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*strittō	*strittǭ	—	*strittōi	?
2nd singular	*strittōsi	*strittōs	*strittō	*strittōsai	*strittōsau
3rd singular	*strittōþi	*strittō	*strittōþau	*strittōþai	*strittōþau
1st dual	*strittōs	*strittōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*strittōþiz	*strittōþiz	*strittōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*strittōmaz	*strittōm	—	*strittōnþai	*strittōnþau
2nd plural	*strittōþ	*strittōþ	*strittōþ	*strittōnþai	*strittōnþau
3rd plural	*strittōnþi	*strittōn	*strittōnþau	*strittōnþai	*strittōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*strittōdǭ	*strittōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*strittōdēz	*strittōdēdīz
3rd singular	*strittōdē	*strittōdēdī
1st dual	*strittōdēdū	*strittōdēdīw
2nd dual	*strittōdēdudiz	*strittōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*strittōdēdum	*strittōdēdīm
2nd plural	*strittōdēdud	*strittōdēdīd
3rd plural	*strittōdēdun	*strittōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*strittōndz	*strittōdaz

Related terms

• *straitōną
• *stridiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: strita, *stritta
  • Icelandic: strita
  • Faroese: strita
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Nynorsk: stritta

  • Danish: stritte