Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/garaidijan

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 *garaidijaną. Equivalent to *garaid (“arranged, prepared”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*garaidijan

1. to arrange, set in order

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*garaidijan
1st sg. past	*garaididā
Infinitive	*garaidijan
Genitive infin.	*garaidijannjas
Dative infin.	*garaidijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*garaidijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*garaidiju	*garaididā
2nd singular	*garaidisi	*garaididēs, *garaididōs
3rd singular	*garaidiþi	*garaididē, *garaididā
1st plural	*garaidijum	*garaididum
2nd plural	*garaidiþ	*garaididud
3rd plural	*garaidijanþ	*garaididun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*garaidijē	*garaididī
2nd singular	*garaidijēs	*garaididī
3rd singular	*garaidijē	*garaididī
1st plural	*garaidijēm	*garaididīm
2nd plural	*garaidijēþ	*garaididīd
3rd plural	*garaidijēn	*garaididīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*garaidi
Plural	*garaidiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*garaidijandī	*garaidid

Descendants

• Old English: ġerǣdan
  • Middle English: geræden, gereden, ȝeræden, ireden
    • English: ready (partly backformed from the adjective)
• Old Saxon: *girēdian
  • Middle Low German: gerêden
• Old Dutch: *gireiden, *girēden
  • Middle Dutch: gereiden, gerêden
    • Dutch: gereden, gereiden (obsolete or dialectal)
• Old High German: *gireiten (suggested by derivatives: gireitungī, gireitnissī, etc.)
  • Middle High German: gereiten