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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/graipōną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰroybʰ-néh₂-ti, an o-grade iterative verb from *gʰreybʰ- (“to grab, grasp”).[1] Or possibly from *graipō (“a grasp”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɑi̯.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*graipōną[1]

  1. to grab
  2. to grasp

Inflection
Conjugation of *graipōną (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *graipō*graipǭ—*graipōi ?
2nd singular *graipōsi*graipōs*graipō*graipōsai*graipōsau
3rd singular *graipōþi*graipō*graipōþau*graipōþai*graipōþau
1st dual *graipōs*graipōw———
2nd dual *graipōþiz*graipōþiz*graipōþiz——
1st plural *graipōmaz*graipōm—*graipōnþai*graipōnþau
2nd plural *graipōþ*graipōþ*graipōþ*graipōnþai*graipōnþau
3rd plural *graipōnþi*graipōn*graipōnþau*graipōnþai*graipōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *graipōdǭ*graipōdēdį̄
2nd singular *graipōdēz*graipōdēdīz
3rd singular *graipōdē*graipōdēdī
1st dual *graipōdēdū*graipōdēdīw
2nd dual *graipōdēdudiz*graipōdēdīdiz
1st plural *graipōdēdum*graipōdēdīm
2nd plural *graipōdēdud*graipōdēdīd
3rd plural *graipōdēdun*graipōdēdīn
present past
participles *graipōndz*graipōdaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *graipōn
    • Old English: grāpian
    • Old High German: greifōn
  • Old Norse: greipa

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*graipōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
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