Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūrēn

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 *sūr (“sour”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*sūrēn

1. to be sour
2. to become sour

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*sūrēn
1st sg. past	*sūr?dā
Infinitive	*sūrēn
Genitive infin.	*sūrēnijas
Dative infin.	*sūrēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*sūrēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sūrē	*sūr?dā
2nd singular	*sūrēs	*sūr?dēs, *sūr?dēs
3rd singular	*sūrēþ	*sūr?dē, *sūr?dā
1st plural	*sūrēm	*sūr?dum
2nd plural	*sūrēþ	*sūr?dud
3rd plural	*sūrēnþ	*sūr?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sūrē	*sūr?dī
2nd singular	*sūrēs	*sūr?dī
3rd singular	*sūrē	*sūr?dī
1st plural	*sūrēm	*sūr?dīm
2nd plural	*sūrēþ	*sūr?dīd
3rd plural	*sūrēn	*sūr?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sūrē
Plural	*sūrēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*sūrēndī	*sūr?d

Related terms

• *sūrijan

Descendants

• Old English: sūrian
  • Middle English: souren
    • English: sour
• Old Frisian: *sūria
  • West Frisian: sûrje
• Old Saxon: *sūron
  • Middle Low German: *sūren
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: försūren
• Old Dutch: *sūron
  • Middle Dutch: suren
    • Dutch: zuren
• Old High German: sūrēn
  • Middle High German: sūren