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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Equivalent to *garu (“ready”) + *-jan.
Verb
*garwijan[1]
- to prepare, to ready
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*garwijan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*garwidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*garwijan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*garwijannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*garwijannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*garwijannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*garwiju
|
*garwidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*garwisi
|
*garwidēs, *garwidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*garwiþi
|
*garwidē, *garwidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*garwijum
|
*garwidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*garwiþ
|
*garwidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*garwijanþ
|
*garwidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*garwijē
|
*garwidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*garwijēs
|
*garwidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*garwijē
|
*garwidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*garwijēm
|
*garwidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*garwijēþ
|
*garwidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*garwijēn
|
*garwidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*garwi
|
| Plural
|
*garwiþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*garwijandī
|
*garwid
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157: “PWGmc *garwijan”
