Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frafaraną

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 *fra- +‎ *faraną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɸrɑ.ˈɸɑ.rɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*frafaraną

1. (originally) to go away
   1. (intransitive) to perish
   2. (transitive) to destroy

Inflection

Conjugation of *frafaraną (strong class 6)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*frafarō	*frafaraų	—	*frafarai	?
2nd singular	*frafarizi	*frafaraiz	*frafar	*frafarazai	*frafaraizau
3rd singular	*frafaridi	*frafarai	*frafaradau	*frafaradai	*frafaraidau
1st dual	*frafarōz	*frafaraiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*frafaradiz	*frafaraidiz	*frafaradiz	—	—
1st plural	*frafaramaz	*frafaraim	—	*frafarandai	*frafaraindau
2nd plural	*frafarid	*frafaraid	*frafarid	*frafarandai	*frafaraindau
3rd plural	*frafarandi	*frafarain	*frafarandau	*frafarandai	*frafaraindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*frafōr	*frafōrį̄
2nd singular	*frafōrt	*frafōrīz
3rd singular	*frafōr	*frafōrī
1st dual	*frafōrū	*frafōrīw
2nd dual	*frafōrudiz	*frafōrīdiz
1st plural	*frafōrum	*frafōrīm
2nd plural	*frafōrud	*frafōrīd
3rd plural	*frafōrun	*frafōrīn
	present	past
participles	*frafarandz	*frafaranaz

Descendants

• Old English: forfaran
  • Middle English: forfaren
    • English: forfare (obsolete/archaic)
• Old Frisian: forfara
• Old Dutch: *farfaran
  • Middle Dutch: vervāren
    • Dutch: vervaren
• Old High German: firfaran, farfaran
  • Middle High German: vervarn
    • German: verfahren
• Old Norse: *forfara (cf.) fara (senses of "to perish" and "to destroy"), fyrirfara
  • Icelandic: fyrirfara
  • Old Danish: forfare