Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bidrinkan

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 *bi- +‎ *drinkan.

Verb

*bidrinkan

1. to drink in, absorb
2. to imbibe, get drunk

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive	*bidrinkan
1st sg. past	*bidrank
3rd pl. past	*bidrunkun
Past ptcple	*bidrunkan
Infinitive	*bidrinkan
Genitive infin.	*bidrinkannjas
Dative infin.	*bidrinkannjē
Instrum. infin.	*bidrinkannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*bidrinku	*bidrank
2nd singular	*bidrinkiʀi	*bidrunkī
3rd singular	*bidrinkidi	*bidrank
1st plural	*bidrinkum	*bidrunkum
2nd plural	*bidrinkid	*bidrunkud
3rd plural	*bidrinkand	*bidrunkun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*bidrinkē	*bidrunkī
2nd singular	*bidrinkēs	*bidrunkī
3rd singular	*bidrinkē	*bidrunkī
1st plural	*bidrinkēm	*bidrunkīm
2nd plural	*bidrinkēþ	*bidrunkīd
3rd plural	*bidrinkēn	*bidrunkīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*bidrink
Plural	*bidrinkid
	Present	Past
Participle	*bidrinkandī	*bidrunkan

Descendants

• Old English: bedrincan
  • Middle English: *bedrinken (only found as Middle English bidrenkt (“completely drenched, drenched all over”))
    • English: bedrink
• Old Frisian: *bidrinka
  • Saterland Frisian: bidrinke
  • West Frisian: bedrinke
• Old Saxon: *bidrinkan
  • Middle Low German: bedrinken
    • German Low German: bedrinken
• Old Dutch: *bidrinkan
  • Middle Dutch: *bedrinken (only found as Middle Dutch bedrenken)
    • Dutch: bedrinken
• Old High German: *bitrinkan
  • Middle High German: betrinken
    • German: betrinken