Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrōtaną

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwrɔː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wrōtaną

1. to root, to dig with the nose

Inflection

Conjugation of *wrōtaną (strong class 7e)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wrōtō	*wrōtaų	—	*wrōtai	?
2nd singular	*wrōtizi	*wrōtaiz	*wrōt	*wrōtazai	*wrōtaizau
3rd singular	*wrōtidi	*wrōtai	*wrōtadau	*wrōtadai	*wrōtaidau
1st dual	*wrōtōz	*wrōtaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wrōtadiz	*wrōtaidiz	*wrōtadiz	—	—
1st plural	*wrōtamaz	*wrōtaim	—	*wrōtandai	*wrōtaindau
2nd plural	*wrōtid	*wrōtaid	*wrōtid	*wrōtandai	*wrōtaindau
3rd plural	*wrōtandi	*wrōtain	*wrōtandau	*wrōtandai	*wrōtaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wewrōt	*wewrōtį̄
2nd singular	*wewrōst	*wewrōtīz
3rd singular	*wewrōt	*wewrōtī
1st dual	*wewrōtū	*wewrōtīw
2nd dual	*wewrōtudiz	*wewrōtīdiz
1st plural	*wewrōtum	*wewrōtīm
2nd plural	*wewrōtud	*wewrōtīd
3rd plural	*wewrōtun	*wewrōtīn
	present	past
participles	*wrōtandz	*wrōtanaz

Related terms

• *wrōts

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wrōtan
  • Old English: wrōtan
    • Middle English: wroten, wrooten
      • English: root
      • Scots: wrutt, wort, rute, wirt, ruit
  • Old Saxon: *wrōtan
    • Middle Low German: wrôten
      • German Low German: wröten
  • Old Dutch: *wruotan
    • Middle Dutch: wroeten
      • Dutch: wroeten
  • Old High German: ruozzen
• Old Norse: róta