Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fraistōną

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

A North Germanic variant of *fraisōną. Both forms have replaced the strong verb *fraisaną still extant in Gothic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸrɑi̯s.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fraistōną

1. (North Germanic) to attempt, to try

Inflection

Conjugation of *fraistōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fraistō	*fraistǭ	—	*fraistōi	?
2nd singular	*fraistōsi	*fraistōs	*fraistō	*fraistōsai	*fraistōsau
3rd singular	*fraistōþi	*fraistō	*fraistōþau	*fraistōþai	*fraistōþau
1st dual	*fraistōs	*fraistōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fraistōþiz	*fraistōþiz	*fraistōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fraistōmaz	*fraistōm	—	*fraistōnþai	*fraistōnþau
2nd plural	*fraistōþ	*fraistōþ	*fraistōþ	*fraistōnþai	*fraistōnþau
3rd plural	*fraistōnþi	*fraistōn	*fraistōnþau	*fraistōnþai	*fraistōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fraistōdǭ	*fraistōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*fraistōdēz	*fraistōdēdīz
3rd singular	*fraistōdē	*fraistōdēdī
1st dual	*fraistōdēdū	*fraistōdēdīw
2nd dual	*fraistōdēdudiz	*fraistōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*fraistōdēdum	*fraistōdēdīm
2nd plural	*fraistōdēdud	*fraistōdēdīd
3rd plural	*fraistōdēdun	*fraistōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*fraistōndz	*fraistōdaz

Related terms

• *fraisaną
• *fraisō
• *fraisōną

Descendants

• Old Norse: freista
  • Icelandic: freista
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: freista
  • Old Swedish: fresta
    • Swedish: fresta
  • Old Danish: fræstæ
    • Danish: friste
      • Norwegian Bokmål: friste