Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fōstrōną

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

Derived from *fōstrą (“fostering”) +‎ *-ōną

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɔːs.trɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fōstrōną

1. to foster, nurture

Inflection

Conjugation of *fōstrōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fōstrō	*fōstrǭ	—	*fōstrōi	?
2nd singular	*fōstrōsi	*fōstrōs	*fōstrō	*fōstrōsai	*fōstrōsau
3rd singular	*fōstrōþi	*fōstrō	*fōstrōþau	*fōstrōþai	*fōstrōþau
1st dual	*fōstrōs	*fōstrōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fōstrōþiz	*fōstrōþiz	*fōstrōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fōstrōmaz	*fōstrōm	—	*fōstrōnþai	*fōstrōnþau
2nd plural	*fōstrōþ	*fōstrōþ	*fōstrōþ	*fōstrōnþai	*fōstrōnþau
3rd plural	*fōstrōnþi	*fōstrōn	*fōstrōnþau	*fōstrōnþai	*fōstrōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fōstrōdǭ	*fōstrōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*fōstrōdēz	*fōstrōdēdīz
3rd singular	*fōstrōdē	*fōstrōdēdī
1st dual	*fōstrōdēdū	*fōstrōdēdīw
2nd dual	*fōstrōdēdudiz	*fōstrōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*fōstrōdēdum	*fōstrōdēdīm
2nd plural	*fōstrōdēdud	*fōstrōdēdīd
3rd plural	*fōstrōdēdun	*fōstrōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*fōstrōndz	*fōstrōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fōstrōn
  • Old English: fōstrian
    • Middle English: fostren
      • English: foster
  • Old Dutch: *fuosteron
    • Middle Dutch: voesteren
      • Dutch: voedsteren, voesteren
• Old Norse: fóstra
  • Icelandic: fóstra
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: fostre

    Norwegian Nynorsk: fostre, fostra

  • Swedish: fostra
  • Danish: fostre