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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/druppōną

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 *dʰrbʰnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative formation to Proto-Indo-European *dʰerbʰ- (“to fall”), cognate with Lithuanian dribti. Possibly conflated with a denominative construction *drupô (“drop of liquid”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdrup.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*druppōną[1]

  1. to drop, to fall
  2. to drip, to seep

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *drupp- against *drub-.

Conjugation of *druppōną (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *druppō*druppǭ—*druppōi ?
2nd singular *druppōsi*druppōs*druppō*druppōsai*druppōsau
3rd singular *druppōþi*druppō*druppōþau*druppōþai*druppōþau
1st dual *druppōs*druppōw———
2nd dual *druppōþiz*druppōþiz*druppōþiz——
1st plural *druppōmaz*druppōm—*druppōnþai*druppōnþau
2nd plural *druppōþ*druppōþ*druppōþ*druppōnþai*druppōnþau
3rd plural *druppōnþi*druppōn*druppōnþau*druppōnþai*druppōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *druppōdǭ*druppōdēdį̄
2nd singular *druppōdēz*druppōdēdīz
3rd singular *druppōdē*druppōdēdī
1st dual *druppōdēdū*druppōdēdīw
2nd dual *druppōdēdudiz*druppōdēdīdiz
1st plural *druppōdēdum*druppōdēdīm
2nd plural *druppōdēdud*druppōdēdīd
3rd plural *druppōdēdun*druppōdēdīn
present past
participles *druppōndz*druppōdaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *droppōn
    • Old English: droppian, dropian
    • Old Saxon: *dropōn
    • Old Dutch: droppon
    • Old High German: tropfōn
  • Old Norse: *droppa, *drubba
    • Norwegian:
      Norwegian Nynorsk: drubba
    • Swedish: droppa

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*drupp/bōn- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105
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