Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þrottōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þruttōną, from earlier paradigm *truttōþi ~ *trutunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *trud-nā́-ti ~ *trud-un-ánti, iterative to *þreutan (“to harass”).

Verb

*þrottōn

1. (iterative) to harass, exhaust

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*þrottōn
1st sg. past	*þrottōdā
Infinitive	*þrottōn
Genitive infin.	*þrottōnijas
Dative infin.	*þrottōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*þrottōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*þrottō	*þrottōdā
2nd singular	*þrottōs	*þrottōdēs, *þrottōdōs
3rd singular	*þrottōþ	*þrottōdē, *þrottōdā
1st plural	*þrottōm	*þrottōdum
2nd plural	*þrottōþ	*þrottōdud
3rd plural	*þrottōnþ	*þrottōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*þrottō	*þrottōdī
2nd singular	*þrottōs	*þrottōdī
3rd singular	*þrottō	*þrottōdī
1st plural	*þrottōm	*þrottōdīm
2nd plural	*þrottōþ	*þrottōdīd
3rd plural	*þrottōn	*þrottōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*þrottō
Plural	*þrottōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*þrottōndī	*þrottōd

Descendants

• Old High German: *troztōn
  • Middle High German: *trozzen
    • German: trotzen (dialectal)

Further reading

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