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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drepaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to grind; crush; kill”), attested only in Northern PIE (Germanic and Balto-Slavic). Likely cognate with Lithuanian drėbti (“to strike”), Latvian drêbt (“to beat”).

Due to the *p, which otherwise points to a dubious PIE *b, Kroonen[1] assumes that ultimately the verb is a back-formation from the iterative Proto-Germanic *drappōną of Proto-Germanic *drabaną (“to hew”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdre.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*drepaną

  1. to hit, strike

Inflection
Conjugation of *drepaną (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *drepō*drepaų—*drepai ?
2nd singular *dripizi*drepaiz*drep*drepazai*drepaizau
3rd singular *dripidi*drepai*drepadau*drepadai*drepaidau
1st dual *drepōz*drepaiw———
2nd dual *drepadiz*drepaidiz*drepadiz——
1st plural *drepamaz*drepaim—*drepandai*drepaindau
2nd plural *dripid*drepaid*dripid*drepandai*drepaindau
3rd plural *drepandi*drepain*drepandau*drepandai*drepaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *drap*drēpį̄
2nd singular *draft*drēpīz
3rd singular *drap*drēpī
1st dual *drēpū*drēpīw
2nd dual *drēpudiz*drēpīdiz
1st plural *drēpum*drēpīm
2nd plural *drēpud*drēpīd
3rd plural *drēpun*drēpīn
present past
participles *drepandz*drepanaz

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*drepan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 101
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