Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/draibijaną

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 *drībaną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑi̯.βi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*draibijaną

1. to bother, to badger
2. to pursue, to drive

Inflection

Conjugation of *draibijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*draibijō	*draibijaų	—	*draibijai	?
2nd singular	*draibīsi	*draibijais	*draibī	*draibijasai	*draibijaisau
3rd singular	*draibīþi	*draibijai	*draibijaþau	*draibijaþai	*draibijaiþau
1st dual	*draibijōs	*draibijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*draibijaþiz	*draibijaiþiz	*draibijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*draibijamaz	*draibijaim	—	*draibijanþai	*draibijainþau
2nd plural	*draibīþ	*draibijaiþ	*draibīþ	*draibijanþai	*draibijainþau
3rd plural	*draibijanþi	*draibijain	*draibijanþau	*draibijanþai	*draibijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*draibidǭ	*draibidēdį̄
2nd singular	*draibidēz	*draibidēdīz
3rd singular	*draibidē	*draibidēdī
1st dual	*draibidēdū	*draibidēdīw
2nd dual	*draibidēdudiz	*draibidēdīdiz
1st plural	*draibidēdum	*draibidēdīm
2nd plural	*draibidēdud	*draibidēdīd
3rd plural	*draibidēdun	*draibidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*draibijandz	*draibidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *draibijan
  • Old English: drǣfan
    • Middle English: dreven
      • English: dreave
      • Scots: drefe
• Old Norse: dreifa
  • Icelandic: dreifa
• Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (draibjan)