Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drepaną

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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]

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to grind; crush; kill”), attested only in Northern PIE (Germanic and Balto-Slavic). Likely cognate with Lithuanian drėbti (“to strike”), Latvian drêbt (“to beat”).

Due to the *p, which otherwise points to a dubious PIE *b, Kroonen[1] assumes that ultimately the verb is a back-formation from the iterative Proto-Germanic *drappōną of Proto-Germanic *drabaną (“to hew”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*drepaną

  1. to hit, strike

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *drepaną (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *drepō *drepaų — *drepai ?
2nd singular *dripizi *drepaiz *drep *drepazai *drepaizau
3rd singular *dripidi *drepai *drepadau *drepadai *drepaidau
1st dual *drepōz *drepaiw — — —
2nd dual *drepadiz *drepaidiz *drepadiz — —
1st plural *drepamaz *drepaim — *drepandai *drepaindau
2nd plural *dripid *drepaid *dripid *drepandai *drepaindau
3rd plural *drepandi *drepain *drepandau *drepandai *drepaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *drap *drēpį̄
2nd singular *draft *drēpīz
3rd singular *drap *drēpī
1st dual *drēpū *drēpīw
2nd dual *drēpudiz *drēpīdiz
1st plural *drēpum *drēpīm
2nd plural *drēpud *drēpīd
3rd plural *drēpun *drēpīn
present past
participles *drepandz *drepanaz

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drepan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 101
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