Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/druknijan

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 *drukn (“dry”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*druknijan

1. to dry

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*druknijan
1st sg. past	*druknidā
Infinitive	*druknijan
Genitive infin.	*druknijannjas
Dative infin.	*druknijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*druknijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*drukniju	*druknidā
2nd singular	*druknisi	*druknidēs, *druknidōs
3rd singular	*drukniþi	*druknidē, *druknidā
1st plural	*druknijum	*druknidum
2nd plural	*drukniþ	*druknidud
3rd plural	*druknijanþ	*druknidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*druknijē	*druknidī
2nd singular	*druknijēs	*druknidī
3rd singular	*druknijē	*druknidī
1st plural	*druknijēm	*druknidīm
2nd plural	*druknijēþ	*druknidīd
3rd plural	*druknijēn	*druknidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*drukni
Plural	*drukniþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*druknijandī	*druknid

Descendants

• Old English: drycnan
  • ⇒ Old English: ġedrycnan
• Old Saxon: druknian
• Old High German: trukkanen, truckanen, trokkanen
  • Middle High German: truckenen
    • German: trocknen
    • Luxembourgish: dréchnen, dréchenen (merged with *drūgijan)