Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrankijaną

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

Possibly the causative of *wrinkaną, or more likely *wringaną +‎ *-janą, the root final -k- was adopted from the iterative verb *wrunkōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwrɑŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wrankijaną

1. to wring, to twist

Inflection

Conjugation of *wrankijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wrankijō	*wrankijaų	—	*wrankijai	?
2nd singular	*wrankīsi	*wrankijais	*wrankī	*wrankijasai	*wrankijaisau
3rd singular	*wrankīþi	*wrankijai	*wrankijaþau	*wrankijaþai	*wrankijaiþau
1st dual	*wrankijōs	*wrankijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wrankijaþiz	*wrankijaiþiz	*wrankijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wrankijamaz	*wrankijaim	—	*wrankijanþai	*wrankijainþau
2nd plural	*wrankīþ	*wrankijaiþ	*wrankīþ	*wrankijanþai	*wrankijainþau
3rd plural	*wrankijanþi	*wrankijain	*wrankijanþau	*wrankijanþai	*wrankijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wrankidǭ	*wrankidēdį̄
2nd singular	*wrankidēz	*wrankidēdīz
3rd singular	*wrankidē	*wrankidēdī
1st dual	*wrankidēdū	*wrankidēdīw
2nd dual	*wrankidēdudiz	*wrankidēdīdiz
1st plural	*wrankidēdum	*wrankidēdīm
2nd plural	*wrankidēdud	*wrankidēdīd
3rd plural	*wrankidēdun	*wrankidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*wrankijandz	*wrankidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wrankijan
  • Old English: wrencan
    • Middle English: wrenchen, wrenche, wrynche, wrenk, wrenke (Northern)
      • English: wrench
      • Middle Scots: wrenk, wrink
        • >? Scots: renk
  • Old High German: *renken
    • Middle High German: renken
      • German: renken
• Gothic: *𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*wragkjan)
  • ⇒ Catalan: ranquejar
  • ⇒ Galician: ranquear
  • ⇒ Spanish: renquear