Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stroppōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *struppōną, from earlier paradigm *struppōþi ~ *strubunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *sturbʰ-nā́-ti ~ *sturbʰ-un-ánti with liquid metathesis, from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (“to twist, turn”). Cognate with Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).

Verb

*stroppōn

1. (iterative) to twist, writhe

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*stroppōn
1st sg. past	*stroppōdā
Infinitive	*stroppōn
Genitive infin.	*stroppōnijas
Dative infin.	*stroppōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*stroppōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*stroppō	*stroppōdā
2nd singular	*stroppōs	*stroppōdēs, *stroppōdōs
3rd singular	*stroppōþ	*stroppōdē, *stroppōdā
1st plural	*stroppōm	*stroppōdum
2nd plural	*stroppōþ	*stroppōdud
3rd plural	*stroppōnþ	*stroppōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*stroppō	*stroppōdī
2nd singular	*stroppōs	*stroppōdī
3rd singular	*stroppō	*stroppōdī
1st plural	*stroppōm	*stroppōdīm
2nd plural	*stroppōþ	*stroppōdīd
3rd plural	*stroppōn	*stroppōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*stroppō
Plural	*stroppōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*stroppōndī	*stroppōd

Descendants

• Old English:
  • Middle English:
    • >? English: strub (dialectal)
• Old Dutch:
  • Middle Dutch: stropen, stroppen
• Old High German:
  • Middle High German: strupfen

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470