Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrēkijaną

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 *hrēką (“saliva, snot”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxrɛː.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hrēkijaną

to spit
to clear the throat

Inflection

Conjugation of *hrēkijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*hrēkijō	*hrēkijaų	—	*hrēkijai	?
2nd singular	*hrēkīsi	*hrēkijais	*hrēkī	*hrēkijasai	*hrēkijaisau
3rd singular	*hrēkīþi	*hrēkijai	*hrēkijaþau	*hrēkijaþai	*hrēkijaiþau
1st dual	*hrēkijōs	*hrēkijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hrēkijaþiz	*hrēkijaiþiz	*hrēkijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hrēkijamaz	*hrēkijaim	—	*hrēkijanþai	*hrēkijainþau
2nd plural	*hrēkīþ	*hrēkijaiþ	*hrēkīþ	*hrēkijanþai	*hrēkijainþau
3rd plural	*hrēkijanþi	*hrēkijain	*hrēkijanþau	*hrēkijanþai	*hrēkijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hrēkidǭ	*hrēkidēdį̄
2nd singular	*hrēkidēz	*hrēkidēdīz
3rd singular	*hrēkidē	*hrēkidēdī
1st dual	*hrēkidēdū	*hrēkidēdīw
2nd dual	*hrēkidēdudiz	*hrēkidēdīdiz
1st plural	*hrēkidēdum	*hrēkidēdīm
2nd plural	*hrēkidēdud	*hrēkidēdīd
3rd plural	*hrēkidēdun	*hrēkidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*hrēkijandz	*hrēkidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hrākijan
- Old English: hrǣċan
  - Middle English: hræcen, *rechen
    - English: retch
  - ⇒ Old English: āhrǣċan
    - Middle English: arechen
Old Norse: hrækja
- Icelandic: hrækja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rækja

References

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xrēkjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187

[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xrēkjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrēkijaną

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