Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grasjaną

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

Etymology

From *grasą (“grass”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɑs.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*grasjaną

1. to feed on grass; graze

Inflection

Conjugation of *grasjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*grasjō	*grasjaų	—	*grasjai	?
2nd singular	*grasisi	*grasjais	*grasi	*grasjasai	*grasjaisau
3rd singular	*grasiþi	*grasjai	*grasjaþau	*grasjaþai	*grasjaiþau
1st dual	*grasjōs	*grasjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*grasjaþiz	*grasjaiþiz	*grasjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*grasjamaz	*grasjaim	—	*grasjanþai	*grasjainþau
2nd plural	*grasiþ	*grasjaiþ	*grasiþ	*grasjanþai	*grasjainþau
3rd plural	*grasjanþi	*grasjain	*grasjanþau	*grasjanþai	*grasjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*grasidǭ	*grasidēdį̄
2nd singular	*grasidēz	*grasidēdīz
3rd singular	*grasidē	*grasidēdī
1st dual	*grasidēdū	*grasidēdīw
2nd dual	*grasidēdudiz	*grasidēdīdiz
1st plural	*grasidēdum	*grasidēdīm
2nd plural	*grasidēdud	*grasidēdīd
3rd plural	*grasidēdun	*grasidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*grasjandz	*grasidaz

Related terms

• *grasōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *grassjan
  • Old English: *gressan
    • Middle English: *gressen, gresen
      • Scots: gres, gress
      • English: gress (dialectal)
  • Old Dutch: *gressen, *gersen
    • Middle Dutch: gersen, *gresen
      • Dutch: grezen (dialectal)
• Old Norse: gresja
  • Icelandic: gresja
  • Faroese: gresja
  • Swedish: gräsa
  • Danish: græsse