Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrinkwaną

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

Unclear. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreng-, nasalized variant of *(s)ker- (to bend).[1]

Thought to be related to Old High German hranca and Middle Dutch ranke (tendril, twig). Furthermore possibly related to Old Church Slavonic крѫгъ (krǫgŭ, circle).[2]

Alternative reconstructions

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxriŋʷ.kʷɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hrinkwaną

  1. to bend
  2. to curl
  3. to recoil, to give way

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hrinkwō *hrinkwaų *hrinkwai ?
2nd singular *hrinkwizi *hrinkwaiz *hrinkw *hrinkwazai *hrinkwaizau
3rd singular *hrinkwidi *hrinkwai *hrinkwadau *hrinkwadai *hrinkwaidau
1st dual *hrinkwōz *hrinkwaiw
2nd dual *hrinkwadiz *hrinkwaidiz *hrinkwadiz
1st plural *hrinkwamaz *hrinkwaim *hrinkwandai *hrinkwaindau
2nd plural *hrinkwid *hrinkwaid *hrinkwid *hrinkwandai *hrinkwaindau
3rd plural *hrinkwandi *hrinkwain *hrinkwandau *hrinkwandai *hrinkwaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hrankw *hrunkį̄
2nd singular *hranht *hrunkīz
3rd singular *hrankw *hrunkī
1st dual *hrunkū *hrunkīw
2nd dual *hrunkudiz *hrunkīdiz
1st plural *hrunkum *hrunkīm
2nd plural *hrunkud *hrunkīd
3rd plural *hrunkun *hrunkīn
present past
participles *hrinkwandz *hrunkwanaz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: hrøkkva

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “935-38”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 935-38
  2. 2.0 2.1 Seebold, Elmar (1970) “*HRENKW-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 273