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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grōnēn

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *grōnāną. Equivalent to *grōnī (green) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

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*grōnēn

  1. to become green, flourish

Inflection

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Class 3 weak
Infinitive *grōnēn
1st sg. past *grōn?dā
Infinitive *grōnēn
Genitive infin. *grōnēnijas
Dative infin. *grōnēnijē
Instrum. infin. *grōnēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *grōnē *grōn?dā
2nd singular *grōnēs *grōn?dēs, *grōn?dēs
3rd singular *grōnēþ *grōn?dē, *grōn?dā
1st plural *grōnēm *grōn?dum
2nd plural *grōnēþ *grōn?dud
3rd plural *grōnēnþ *grōn?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *grōnē *grōn?dī
2nd singular *grōnēs *grōn?dī
3rd singular *grōnē *grōn?dī
1st plural *grōnēm *grōn?dīm
2nd plural *grōnēþ *grōn?dīd
3rd plural *grōnēn *grōn?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *grōnē
Plural *grōnēþ
Present Past
Participle *grōnēndī *grōn?d

Reconstruction notes

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In the Anglo-Frisian descendants the stem shows umlaut which is probably in analogy with the adjective or from a hypothetical preform *grōnijēn.

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Descendants

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