Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kerban

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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 Proto-Germanic *kerbaną.

Verb[edit]

*kerban[1]

  1. to carve, to cut

Inflection[edit]

Strong class 3
Infinitive *kerban
1st sg. past *karb
3rd pl. past *kurbun
Past ptcple *korban
Infinitive *kerban
Genitive infin. *kerbannjas
Dative infin. *kerbannjē
Instrum. infin. *kerbannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *kerbu *karb
2nd singular *kirbiʀi *kurbī
3rd singular *kirbidi *karb
1st plural *kerbum *kurbum
2nd plural *kirbid *kurbud
3rd plural *kerband *kurbun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *kerbē *kurbī
2nd singular *kerbēs *kurbī
3rd singular *kerbē *kurbī
1st plural *kerbēm *kurbīm
2nd plural *kerbēþ *kurbīd
3rd plural *kerbēn *kurbīn
Imperative Present
Singular *kirb
Plural *kirbid
Present Past
Participle *kerbandī *korban

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205:PWGmc *kerban