Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werþōną

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

Derived from *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”) +‎ *-ōną or *werþą (“worth, value”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwer.θɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*werþōną

1. to estimate, value

Inflection

Conjugation of *werþōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*werþō	*werþǭ	—	*werþōi	?
2nd singular	*werþōsi	*werþōs	*werþō	*werþōsai	*werþōsau
3rd singular	*werþōþi	*werþō	*werþōþau	*werþōþai	*werþōþau
1st dual	*werþōs	*werþōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*werþōþiz	*werþōþiz	*werþōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*werþōmaz	*werþōm	—	*werþōnþai	*werþōnþau
2nd plural	*werþōþ	*werþōþ	*werþōþ	*werþōnþai	*werþōnþau
3rd plural	*werþōnþi	*werþōn	*werþōnþau	*werþōnþai	*werþōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*werþōdǭ	*werþōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*werþōdēz	*werþōdēdīz
3rd singular	*werþōdē	*werþōdēdī
1st dual	*werþōdēdū	*werþōdēdīw
2nd dual	*werþōdēdudiz	*werþōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*werþōdēdum	*werþōdēdīm
2nd plural	*werþōdēdud	*werþōdēdīd
3rd plural	*werþōdēdun	*werþōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*werþōndz	*werþōdaz

Derived terms

• *werþōniz

Related terms

• *wirþijaną

Descendants

• Old English: weorþian
  • Middle English: wurthien, worthien
    • English: worthy
• Old Frisian: werdia
• Old Saxon: *werthon; giwerthon
• Old High German: werdōn
• Old Norse: verða
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍉𐌽 (wairþōn)

References

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN