Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grūwēn
Appearance
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unclear, perhaps ultimately an imitative derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”),[1] or instead from *gʰer- (“to rub, stroke, grind”).[2]
Verb
[edit]*grūwēn
- to be frightened, to be horrified
Inflection
[edit]Class 3 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *grūwēn | |
1st sg. past | *grūw?dā | |
Infinitive | *grūwēn | |
Genitive infin. | *grūwēnijas | |
Dative infin. | *grūwēnijē | |
Instrum. infin. | *grūwēniju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *grūwē | *grūw?dā |
2nd singular | *grūwēs | *grūw?dēs, *grūw?dēs |
3rd singular | *grūwēþ | *grūw?dē, *grūw?dā |
1st plural | *grūwēm | *grūw?dum |
2nd plural | *grūwēþ | *grūw?dud |
3rd plural | *grūwēnþ | *grūw?dun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *grūwē | *grūw?dī |
2nd singular | *grūwēs | *grūw?dī |
3rd singular | *grūwē | *grūw?dī |
1st plural | *grūwēm | *grūw?dīm |
2nd plural | *grūwēþ | *grūw?dīd |
3rd plural | *grūwēn | *grūw?dīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *grūwē | |
Plural | *grūwēþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *grūwēndī | *grūw?d |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gruwen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “460”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 460