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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/garwijan

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

From Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Equivalent to *garu (ready) + *-jan.

Verb

*garwijan[1]

  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
  • *garwōn

Descendants

  • Old English: ġierwan, ġyrwan
    • Middle English: bigeored
  • Old Saxon: gerwian, garwian
    • Middle Low German: gerwen
      • Danish: garve
      • Norwegian Bokmål: garve
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: garve, garva
      • Swedish: garva
  • Old Dutch: gerwen
    • Middle Dutch: gerwen, geerwen, geruwen, gaerwen
  • Old High German: garwen, garawen

References

  1. 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
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