Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/droppattjan

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

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Verb

*droppattjan[1]

  1. to drip
  2. to distil

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *droppattjan
1st sg. past *droppattā
Infinitive *droppattjan
Genitive infin. *droppattjannjas
Dative infin. *droppattjannjē
Instrum. infin. *droppattjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *droppattju *droppattā
2nd singular *droppatisi *droppattēs, *droppattōs
3rd singular *droppatiþi *droppattē, *droppattā
1st plural *droppattjum *droppattum
2nd plural *droppatiþ *droppattud
3rd plural *droppattjanþ *droppattun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *droppattjē *droppattī
2nd singular *droppattjēs *droppattī
3rd singular *droppattjē *droppattī
1st plural *droppattjēm *droppattīm
2nd plural *droppattjēþ *droppattīd
3rd plural *droppattjēn *droppattīn
Imperative Present
Singular *droppati
Plural *droppatiþ
Present Past
Participle *droppattjandī *droppatt

Descendants

  • Old English: droppettan
  • Old High German: tropfezzen

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130:PWGmc *droppatʲtʲan