Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrōtan

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 *wrōtaną.

Verb

*wrōtan

to root, to dig with the nose

Inflection

Strong class 7e
Infinitive	*wrōtan
1st sg. past	*wreōt
3rd pl. past	*wreōtun
Past ptcple	*wrōtan
Infinitive	*wrōtan
Genitive infin.	*wrōtannjas
Dative infin.	*wrōtannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wrōtannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wrōtu	*wreōt
2nd singular	*wrōtiʀi	*wreōtī
3rd singular	*wrōtidi	*wreōt
1st plural	*wrōtum	*wreōtum
2nd plural	*wrōtid	*wreōtud
3rd plural	*wrōtand	*wreōtun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wrōtē	*wreōtī
2nd singular	*wrōtēs	*wreōtī
3rd singular	*wrōtē	*wreōtī
1st plural	*wrōtēm	*wreōtīm
2nd plural	*wrōtēþ	*wreōtīd
3rd plural	*wrōtēn	*wreōtīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wrōt
Plural	*wrōtid
	Present	Past
Participle	*wrōtandī	*wrōtan

Derived terms

*wrōtil

Descendants

Old English: wrōtan
- Middle English: wroten, wrooten
  - English: root
  - Scots: wrutt, wort, rute, wirt, ruit
Old Saxon: *wrōtan
- Middle Low German: wrôten
  - German Low German: wröten
Old Dutch: *wruotan
- Middle Dutch: wroeten
  - Dutch: wroeten
Old High German: ruozzen

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