Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/traustijan

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 Proto-Germanic *traustijaną. Equivalent to *traust (“strong, confident”) +‎ *-jan or *traust (“help, aid”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*traustijan

1. to strengthen
2. to comfort, console

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*traustijan
1st sg. past	*traustidā
Infinitive	*traustijan
Genitive infin.	*traustijannjas
Dative infin.	*traustijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*traustijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*traustiju	*traustidā
2nd singular	*traustisi	*traustidēs, *traustidōs
3rd singular	*traustiþi	*traustidē, *traustidā
1st plural	*traustijum	*traustidum
2nd plural	*traustiþ	*traustidud
3rd plural	*traustijanþ	*traustidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*traustijē	*traustidī
2nd singular	*traustijēs	*traustidī
3rd singular	*traustijē	*traustidī
1st plural	*traustijēm	*traustidīm
2nd plural	*traustijēþ	*traustidīd
3rd plural	*traustijēn	*traustidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*trausti
Plural	*traustiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*traustijandī	*traustid

Related terms

• *traustōn

Descendants

• Old Frisian: trāsta
  • Saterland Frisian: traaste
  • West Frisian: treaste
• Old Saxon: trōstian
  • Middle Low German: trôsten, trö̂sten
    • Middle Low German: tröösten
• Old Dutch: trōsten
  • Middle Dutch: trôosten
    • Dutch: troosten
      • Afrikaans: troos
• Old High German: trōsten
  • Middle High German: trœsten
    • German: trösten