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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harstijan

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

Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (to burn), perhaps cognate with Lithuanian kar̃šti (to become hot), Latvian kar̂st (to become hot; to hurt),[1] and related to *herþ (hearth), hyrr (fire), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹 (hauri, coal).

Verb

*harstijan[2]

  1. to roast

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *harstijan
1st sg. past *harstidā
Infinitive *harstijan
Genitive infin. *harstijannjas
Dative infin. *harstijannjē
Instrum. infin. *harstijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *harstiju *harstidā
2nd singular *harstisi *harstidēs, *harstidōs
3rd singular *harstiþi *harstidē, *harstidā
1st plural *harstijum *harstidum
2nd plural *harstiþ *harstidud
3rd plural *harstijanþ *harstidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *harstijē *harstidī
2nd singular *harstijēs *harstidī
3rd singular *harstijē *harstidī
1st plural *harstijēm *harstidīm
2nd plural *harstijēþ *harstidīd
3rd plural *harstijēn *harstidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *harsti
Plural *harstiþ
Present Past
Participle *harstijandī *harstid

Descendants

  • Old English: hierstan, hyrstan
    • Middle English: hirsten
  • Old Saxon: *herstian
  • Old Dutch: *hersten
  • Old High German: hersten
    • Middle High German: hersten

References

  1. Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “krutėti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 303
  2. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 242:PWGmc *harstijan
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