Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tredan
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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 Proto-Germanic *trudaną.
Verb[edit]
*tredan[1]
- to tread
Inflection[edit]
| Strong class 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *tredan | |
| 1st sg. past | *trad | |
| 3rd pl. past | *trādun | |
| Past ptcple | *tredan | |
| Infinitive | *tredan | |
| Genitive infin. | *tredannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *tredannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *tredannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *tredu | *trad |
| 2nd singular | *tridiʀi | *trādī |
| 3rd singular | *trididi | *trad |
| 1st plural | *tredum | *trādum |
| 2nd plural | *tridid | *trādud |
| 3rd plural | *tredand | *trādun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *tredē | *trādī |
| 2nd singular | *tredēs | *trādī |
| 3rd singular | *tredē | *trādī |
| 1st plural | *tredēm | *trādīm |
| 2nd plural | *tredēþ | *trādīd |
| 3rd plural | *tredēn | *trādīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *trid | |
| Plural | *tridid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *tredandī | *tredan |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: tredan
- Old Frisian: treda
- Old Saxon: *tredan
- Old Dutch: tredan
- Old High German: tretan
- → Medieval Latin: trottō, trotō
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 78: “PWGmc *tredan”