Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grūwēn

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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]

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

  1. to be frightened, to be horrified

Inflection[edit]

Class 3 weak
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]

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gruwen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 460, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 460