Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aittrōn

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 *aitr (“pus”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*aittrōn

1. to fester
2. to poison

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*aittrōn
1st sg. past	*aittrōdā
Infinitive	*aittrōn
Genitive infin.	*aittrōnijas
Dative infin.	*aittrōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*aittrōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*aittrō	*aittrōdā
2nd singular	*aittrōs	*aittrōdēs, *aittrōdōs
3rd singular	*aittrōþ	*aittrōdē, *aittrōdā
1st plural	*aittrōm	*aittrōdum
2nd plural	*aittrōþ	*aittrōdud
3rd plural	*aittrōnþ	*aittrōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*aittrō	*aittrōdī
2nd singular	*aittrōs	*aittrōdī
3rd singular	*aittrō	*aittrōdī
1st plural	*aittrōm	*aittrōdīm
2nd plural	*aittrōþ	*aittrōdīd
3rd plural	*aittrōn	*aittrōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*aittrō
Plural	*aittrōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*aittrōndī	*aittrōd

Descendants

• Old English: ǣtrian, ātrian, ǣttrian
  • Middle English: attren
    • English: atter
    • Scots: etter (vocalism may be due to influence from Old Norse eitra)
• Old Frisian: *ātria, *āttria
  • Saterland Frisian: atterje
• Old Saxon: *ētarōn, *ēttarōn
  • Middle Low German: etteren
• Old Dutch: *eitaron, *eittaron
  • Middle Dutch: etteren
    • Dutch: etteren
• Old High German: eitarōn, eittarōn
  • Middle High German: eiteren, eitern
    • German: eitern