Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrainijan

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 *hrainijaną. Equivalent to *hrainī +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*hrainijan

1. (transitive) to make clean, cleanse

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*hrainijan
1st sg. past	*hrainidā
Infinitive	*hrainijan
Genitive infin.	*hrainijannjas
Dative infin.	*hrainijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*hrainijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hrainiju	*hrainidā
2nd singular	*hrainisi	*hrainidēs, *hrainidōs
3rd singular	*hrainiþi	*hrainidē, *hrainidā
1st plural	*hrainijum	*hrainidum
2nd plural	*hrainiþ	*hrainidud
3rd plural	*hrainijanþ	*hrainidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hrainijē	*hrainidī
2nd singular	*hrainijēs	*hrainidī
3rd singular	*hrainijē	*hrainidī
1st plural	*hrainijēm	*hrainidīm
2nd plural	*hrainijēþ	*hrainidīd
3rd plural	*hrainijēn	*hrainidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hraini
Plural	*hrainiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hrainijandī	*hrainid

Descendants

• Old Saxon: hrēnian
  • Middle Low German: rênen (merged with the descendant of *hrainōn)
• Old Dutch: reinen
  • Middle Dutch: reinen
    • Dutch: reinen
    • Limburgish: reine
• Old High German: reinen
  • Middle High German: reinen (merged with the descendant of *hrainōn)