Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrewwaną

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

Verb

1. to grieve, to feel sorrow
2. to cause regret, to rue

Conjugation

Conjugation of *hrewwaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hrewwō	*hrewwaų	—	*hrewwai	?
2nd singular	*hriwwizi	*hrewwaiz	*hreww	*hrewwazai	*hrewwaizau
3rd singular	*hriwwidi	*hrewwai	*hrewwadau	*hrewwadai	*hrewwaidau
1st dual	*hrewwōz	*hrewwaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hrewwadiz	*hrewwaidiz	*hrewwadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hrewwamaz	*hrewwaim	—	*hrewwandai	*hrewwaindau
2nd plural	*hriwwid	*hrewwaid	*hriwwid	*hrewwandai	*hrewwaindau
3rd plural	*hrewwandi	*hrewwain	*hrewwandau	*hrewwandai	*hrewwaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hraww	*hruwį̄
2nd singular	*hrawwt	*hruwīz
3rd singular	*hraww	*hruwī
1st dual	*hruwū	*hruwīw
2nd dual	*hruwudiz	*hruwīdiz
1st plural	*hruwum	*hruwīm
2nd plural	*hruwud	*hruwīd
3rd plural	*hruwun	*hruwīn
	present	past
participles	*hrewwandz	*hruwanaz

Descendants

• Old English: hrēowan
  • English: rue
• Old Frisian: *hriōwa
  • West Frisian: rouwe
• Old Saxon: hreuwan
• Old Dutch: *reuwan
  • Dutch: rouwen
• Old High German: hriuwan, riuwan
  • German: reuen