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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trudaną

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

Probably originally a root aorist, present singular *tred-, non-singular *trud-, from a possible Pre-Germanic *dret-, which could theoretically be an extension of Proto-Indo-European *dr-, compare *drem- and *dreh₂-.[1] Akin to Proto-Slavic *dьrtěti (to degrade, to age).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtru.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*trudaną

  1. to tread, to step on

Inflection

The present tense has the zero grade vowel -u- rather than -e-. The past participle might have had either.

Derived terms

Descendants

The West Germanic descendants have regularised the ablaut of this verb by replacing the -u- with -e-. However, the Medieval Latin loanword trot(t)ō suggests that the original vocalism may have been retained in some High German varieties.

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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