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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tremaną

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 *drem- (“to run”). A direct cognate with Sanskrit द्रमति (drámati, “to run (about)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtre.mɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tremaną[1]

  1. (West Germanic) to wander, waver

Inflection
Conjugation of *tremaną (strong class 4)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tremō*tremaų—*tremai ?
2nd singular *trimizi*tremaiz*trem*tremazai*tremaizau
3rd singular *trimidi*tremai*tremadau*tremadai*tremaidau
1st dual *tremōz*tremaiw———
2nd dual *tremadiz*tremaidiz*tremadiz——
1st plural *tremamaz*tremaim—*tremandai*tremaindau
2nd plural *trimid*tremaid*trimid*tremandai*tremaindau
3rd plural *tremandi*tremain*tremandau*tremandai*tremaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tram*trēmį̄
2nd singular *tramt*trēmīz
3rd singular *tram*trēmī
1st dual *trēmū*trēmīw
2nd dual *trēmudiz*trēmīdiz
1st plural *trēmum*trēmīm
2nd plural *trēmud*trēmīd
3rd plural *trēmun*trēmīn
present past
participles *tremandz*trumanaz
  • *tremą

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *treman
    • Old High German: *treman

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*treman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522
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