Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/andaswarjaną

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 *anda- +‎ *swarjaną.

Verb

*andaswarjaną

1. to answer

Usage notes

In all languages it is attested in, this verb is a weak verb, unlike the strong verb (*swarjaną) it is derived from. This may not yet have been the case in Proto-Germanic.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *andaswarjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*andaswarjō	*andaswarjaų	—	*andaswarjai	?
2nd singular	*andaswarisi	*andaswarjais	*andaswari	*andaswarjasai	*andaswarjaisau
3rd singular	*andaswariþi	*andaswarjai	*andaswarjaþau	*andaswarjaþai	*andaswarjaiþau
1st dual	*andaswarjōs	*andaswarjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*andaswarjaþiz	*andaswarjaiþiz	*andaswarjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*andaswarjamaz	*andaswarjaim	—	*andaswarjanþai	*andaswarjainþau
2nd plural	*andaswariþ	*andaswarjaiþ	*andaswariþ	*andaswarjanþai	*andaswarjainþau
3rd plural	*andaswarjanþi	*andaswarjain	*andaswarjanþau	*andaswarjanþai	*andaswarjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*andaswaridǭ	*andaswaridēdį̄
2nd singular	*andaswaridēz	*andaswaridēdīz
3rd singular	*andaswaridē	*andaswaridēdī
1st dual	*andaswaridēdū	*andaswaridēdīw
2nd dual	*andaswaridēdudiz	*andaswaridēdīdiz
1st plural	*andaswaridēdum	*andaswaridēdīm
2nd plural	*andaswaridēdud	*andaswaridēdīd
3rd plural	*andaswaridēdun	*andaswaridēdīn
	present	past
participles	*andaswarjandz	*andaswaridaz

Related terms

• *andaswarō

Descendants

• Old English: andswerian; (andswarian)
  • Middle English: andswaren, answeren
    • English: answer
• Old Frisian: ondswera
• Old Norse: andsvara
  • Icelandic: andsvara
  • Swedish: ansvara
  • Danish: ansvare
  • Elfdalian: answar
  • Gutnish: ansvar'