Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/garwijan
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Equivalent to *garu (“ready”) + *-jan.
Verb
[edit]*garwijan[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *garwijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *garwidā | |
| Infinitive | *garwijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *garwijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *garwijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *garwijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *garwiju | *garwidā |
| 2nd singular | *garwisi | *garwidēs, *garwidōs |
| 3rd singular | *garwiþi | *garwidē, *garwidā |
| 1st plural | *garwijum | *garwidum |
| 2nd plural | *garwiþ | *garwidud |
| 3rd plural | *garwijanþ | *garwidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *garwijē | *garwidī |
| 2nd singular | *garwijēs | *garwidī |
| 3rd singular | *garwijē | *garwidī |
| 1st plural | *garwijēm | *garwidīm |
| 2nd plural | *garwijēþ | *garwidīd |
| 3rd plural | *garwijēn | *garwidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *garwi | |
| Plural | *garwiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *garwijandī | *garwid |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: ġierwan, ġyrwan — Late West Saxon
- ⇒ Middle English: bigeored
- Old Saxon: gerwian, garwian
- Old Dutch: gerwen
- Old High German: garwen, garawen
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157: “PWGmc *garwijan”