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

  1. to want, desire

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]

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
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gerna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175

References[edit]

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “begeren”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ gēring, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.