Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gnuʀnōn

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *gruʀn (grief) +‎ *-ōn (whence Old English grorn, gnorn (grief)) or *gnuʀn (sad) +‎ *-ōn (whence Old English gnorn (sad)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrus-nó-s, from *gʰrews-.[1] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *grustь (sadness).

Verb[edit]

*gnuʀnōn

  1. (North Sea Germanic) to be sad
  2. (North Sea Germanic) to mourn

Inflection[edit]

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *gnuʀnōn
1st sg. past *gnuʀnōdā
Infinitive *gnuʀnōn
Genitive infin. *gnuʀnōnijas
Dative infin. *gnuʀnōnijē
Instrum. infin. *gnuʀnōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *gnuʀnō *gnuʀnōdā
2nd singular *gnuʀnōs *gnuʀnōdēs, *gnuʀnōdōs
3rd singular *gnuʀnōþ *gnuʀnōdē, *gnuʀnōdā
1st plural *gnuʀnōm *gnuʀnōdum
2nd plural *gnuʀnōþ *gnuʀnōdud
3rd plural *gnuʀnōnþ *gnuʀnōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *gnuʀnō *gnuʀnōdī
2nd singular *gnuʀnōs *gnuʀnōdī
3rd singular *gnuʀnō *gnuʀnōdī
1st plural *gnuʀnōm *gnuʀnōdīm
2nd plural *gnuʀnōþ *gnuʀnōdīd
3rd plural *gnuʀnōn *gnuʀnōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *gnuʀnō
Plural *gnuʀnōþ
Present Past
Participle *gnuʀnōndī *gnuʀnōd

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gnuznōjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 184