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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti, from *h₂erh₃-.
Pronunciation
Verb
*arjaną
- to plough/plow
Inflection
The past is reduplicated; otherwise, based on the root’s shape, one would expect a class 6-type form **ōr-. The class 7 past is based on a single attested strong iarun ‘they plowed’ in Old High German; the past is weak or unattested in all other languages.
Conjugation of
*arjaną (strong class 7 j-present)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34