Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrakjaną

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 *wrekaną (“to persue”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwrɑk.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wrakjaną^[1]

to track, to follow
to persecute

Inflection

Conjugation of *wrakjaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wrakjō	*wrakjaų	—	*wrakjai	?
2nd singular	*wrakisi	*wrakjais	*wraki	*wrakjasai	*wrakjaisau
3rd singular	*wrakiþi	*wrakjai	*wrakjaþau	*wrakjaþai	*wrakjaiþau
1st dual	*wrakjōs	*wrakjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wrakjaþiz	*wrakjaiþiz	*wrakjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wrakjamaz	*wrakjaim	—	*wrakjanþai	*wrakjainþau
2nd plural	*wrakiþ	*wrakjaiþ	*wrakiþ	*wrakjanþai	*wrakjainþau
3rd plural	*wrakjanþi	*wrakjain	*wrakjanþau	*wrakjanþai	*wrakjainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wrakidǭ	*wrakidēdį̄
2nd singular	*wrakidēz	*wrakidēdīz
3rd singular	*wrakidē	*wrakidēdī
1st dual	*wrakidēdū	*wrakidēdīw
2nd dual	*wrakidēdudiz	*wrakidēdīdiz
1st plural	*wrakidēdum	*wrakidēdīm
2nd plural	*wrakidēdud	*wrakidēdīd
3rd plural	*wrakidēdun	*wrakidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wrakjandz	*wrakidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wrakkjan
- Old English: wreccan
Old Norse: rekja
- Icelandic: rekja
Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wrakjan)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wrakjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471

[Orel-1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wrakjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471

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