Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wreskwaną

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

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwres.kʷɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wreskwaną

1. to mature, grow

Inflection

Conjugation of *wreskwaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wreskwō	*wreskwaų	—	*wreskwai	?
2nd singular	*wriskwizi	*wreskwaiz	*wreskw	*wreskwazai	*wreskwaizau
3rd singular	*wriskwidi	*wreskwai	*wreskwadau	*wreskwadai	*wreskwaidau
1st dual	*wreskwōz	*wreskwaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wreskwadiz	*wreskwaidiz	*wreskwadiz	—	—
1st plural	*wreskwamaz	*wreskwaim	—	*wreskwandai	*wreskwaindau
2nd plural	*wriskwid	*wreskwaid	*wriskwid	*wreskwandai	*wreskwaindau
3rd plural	*wreskwandi	*wreskwain	*wreskwandau	*wreskwandai	*wreskwaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wraskw	*wruskį̄
2nd singular	*wrasht	*wruskīz
3rd singular	*wraskw	*wruskī
1st dual	*wruskū	*wruskīw
2nd dual	*wruskudiz	*wruskīdiz
1st plural	*wruskum	*wruskīm
2nd plural	*wruskud	*wruskīd
3rd plural	*wruskun	*wruskīn
	present	past
participles	*wreskwandz	*wruskwanaz

Related terms

• *wraskwaz
• *wruskwaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: roskinn, *vroskinn (attested only by the past participle)
  • Icelandic: roskinn
• Gothic: *𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌵𐌰𐌽 (*wrisqan) (in 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌵𐌰𐌽 (gawrisqan))

References

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