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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain,
- Could be related to *dreusan (“to fall”). With the semantic development "to fall" > "to lower one's head" > "to mourn".
- Possibly an alternative form of *dūrēn.
Verb
*drūrēn
- to mourn
Inflection
| Class 3 weak
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| Infinitive
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*drūrēn
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| 1st sg. past
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*drūr?dā
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| Infinitive
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*drūrēn
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| Genitive infin.
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*drūrēnijas
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| Dative infin.
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*drūrēnijē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*drūrēniju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*drūrē
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*drūr?dā
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| 2nd singular
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*drūrēs
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*drūr?dēs, *drūr?dēs
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| 3rd singular
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*drūrēþ
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*drūr?dē, *drūr?dā
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| 1st plural
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*drūrēm
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*drūr?dum
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| 2nd plural
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*drūrēþ
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*drūr?dud
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| 3rd plural
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*drūrēnþ
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*drūr?dun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*drūrē
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*drūr?dī
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| 2nd singular
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*drūrēs
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*drūr?dī
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| 3rd singular
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*drūrē
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*drūr?dī
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| 1st plural
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*drūrēm
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*drūr?dīm
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| 2nd plural
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*drūrēþ
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*drūr?dīd
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| 3rd plural
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*drūrēn
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*drūr?dīn
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| Imperative
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Present
|
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| Singular
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*drūrē
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| Plural
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*drūrēþ
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|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*drūrēndī
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*drūr?d
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*deurja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 94: “*drūren-”
