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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gruttōną, from earlier paradigm *gruttōþi ~ *grutunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *gʰrud-nā́-ti ~ *gʰrud-un-ánti, iterative to *greutan (“to crush”).
Verb
*grottōn
- (iterative) to cut to pieces
Inflection
| Class 2 weak
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| Infinitive
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*grottōn
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| 1st sg. past
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*grottōdā
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| Infinitive
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*grottōn
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| Genitive infin.
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*grottōnijas
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| Dative infin.
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*grottōnijē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*grottōniju
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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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*grottō
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*grottōdā
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| 2nd singular
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*grottōs
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*grottōdēs, *grottōdōs
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| 3rd singular
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*grottōþ
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*grottōdē, *grottōdā
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| 1st plural
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*grottōm
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*grottōdum
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| 2nd plural
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*grottōþ
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*grottōdud
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| 3rd plural
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*grottōnþ
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*grottōdun
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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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*grottō
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*grottōdī
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| 2nd singular
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*grottōs
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*grottōdī
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| 3rd singular
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*grottō
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*grottōdī
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| 1st plural
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*grottōm
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*grottōdīm
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| 2nd plural
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*grottōþ
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*grottōdīd
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| 3rd plural
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*grottōn
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*grottōdīn
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| Imperative
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Present
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| Singular
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*grottō
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| Plural
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*grottōþ
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*grottōndī
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*grottōd
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Descendants
Further reading
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gruttōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193
