Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tarjaną

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 *teraną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑr.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tarjaną

1. to destroy
2. to consume, to use up

Conjugation

Conjugation of *tarjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tarjō	*tarjaų	—	*tarjai	?
2nd singular	*tarisi	*tarjais	*tari	*tarjasai	*tarjaisau
3rd singular	*tariþi	*tarjai	*tarjaþau	*tarjaþai	*tarjaiþau
1st dual	*tarjōs	*tarjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*tarjaþiz	*tarjaiþiz	*tarjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*tarjamaz	*tarjaim	—	*tarjanþai	*tarjainþau
2nd plural	*tariþ	*tarjaiþ	*tariþ	*tarjanþai	*tarjainþau
3rd plural	*tarjanþi	*tarjain	*tarjanþau	*tarjanþai	*tarjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*taridǭ	*taridēdį̄
2nd singular	*taridēz	*taridēdīz
3rd singular	*taridē	*taridēdī
1st dual	*taridēdū	*taridēdīw
2nd dual	*taridēdudiz	*taridēdīdiz
1st plural	*taridēdum	*taridēdīm
2nd plural	*taridēdud	*taridēdīd
3rd plural	*taridēdun	*taridēdīn
	present	past
participles	*tarjandz	*taridaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *tarjan
  • Old Frisian: tera
    • West Frisian: tarre
  • Old Saxon: terian
    • Middle Low German: tēren
      • German Low German: tehren
      • → Old Norse: tæra
        • Icelandic: tæra
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: tæra
        • Swedish: tära
        • Danish: tære
          • Norwegian Bokmål: tære
  • Old Dutch: *teren
    • Middle Dutch: tēren, terren
      • Dutch: teren
  • Old High German: zeren, zerren, zerien
    • Middle High German: zeren
      • German: zehren, zerren
• → Proto-Finnic: *tarit'ak (see there for further descendants)