Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gerōn
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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 *gerī (“greed”) + *-ōn or *gerīg (“greedy”) + *-ōn. Compare *gern (“willing, eager”).[1]
Verb
[edit]*gerōn
Inflection
[edit]| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *gerōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *gerōdā | |
| Infinitive | *gerōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *gerōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *gerōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *gerōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *gerō | *gerōdā |
| 2nd singular | *gerōs | *gerōdēs, *gerōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *gerōþ | *gerōdē, *gerōdā |
| 1st plural | *gerōm | *gerōdum |
| 2nd plural | *gerōþ | *gerōdud |
| 3rd plural | *gerōnþ | *gerōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *gerō | *gerōdī |
| 2nd singular | *gerōs | *gerōdī |
| 3rd singular | *gerō | *gerōdī |
| 1st plural | *gerōm | *gerōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *gerōþ | *gerōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *gerōn | *gerōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *gerō | |
| Plural | *gerōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *gerōndī | *gerōd |
Derived terms
[edit]- *bigerōn
- *geringu
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “jeria”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 203
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gerna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175
References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “begeren”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ “gēring, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.