Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/writtōną

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This Proto-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-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An iterative verb to the strong verb *wrītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-ti[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈwrit.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*writtōną[1]

  1. to carve
  2. to write

Inflection[edit]

The original paradigm would have consisted of two stem variants, singular *writt- against non-singular *writ-.

Conjugation of *writtōną (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *writtō *writtǭ — *writtōi ?
2nd singular *writtōsi *writtōs *writtō *writtōsai *writtōsau
3rd singular *writtōþi *writtō *writtōþau *writtōþai *writtōþau
1st dual *writtōs *writtōw — — —
2nd dual *writtōþiz *writtōþiz *writtōþiz — —
1st plural *writtōmaz *writtōm — *writtōnþai *writtōnþau
2nd plural *writtōþ *writtōþ *writtōþ *writtōnþai *writtōnþau
3rd plural *writtōnþi *writtōn *writtōnþau *writtōnþai *writtōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *writtōdǭ *writtōdēdį̄
2nd singular *writtōdēz *writtōdēdīz
3rd singular *writtōdē *writtōdēdī
1st dual *writtōdēdū *writtōdēdīw
2nd dual *writtōdēdudiz *writtōdēdīdiz
1st plural *writtōdēdum *writtōdēdīm
2nd plural *writtōdēdud *writtōdēdīd
3rd plural *writtōdēdun *writtōdēdīn
present past
participles *writtōndz *writtōdaz

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*writtōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597
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