Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tredan

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 *trudaną.

Verb

*tredan

1. to tread

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive	*tredan
1st sg. past	*trad
3rd pl. past	*trādun
Past ptcple	*tredan
Infinitive	*tredan
Genitive infin.	*tredannjas
Dative infin.	*tredannjē
Instrum. infin.	*tredannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*tredu	*trad
2nd singular	*tridiʀi	*trādī
3rd singular	*trididi	*trad
1st plural	*tredum	*trādum
2nd plural	*tridid	*trādud
3rd plural	*tredand	*trādun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*tredē	*trādī
2nd singular	*tredēs	*trādī
3rd singular	*tredē	*trādī
1st plural	*tredēm	*trādīm
2nd plural	*tredēþ	*trādīd
3rd plural	*tredēn	*trādīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*trid
Plural	*tridid
	Present	Past
Participle	*tredandī	*tredan

Derived terms

• *fratredan

Descendants

• Old English: tredan
  • Middle English: treden
    • Scots: trad, tred
    • English: tread
• Old Frisian: treda
  • Saterland Frisian: treede
  • West Frisian: trêdzje
• Old Saxon: *tredan
  • Middle Low German: trēden
    • Low German: treden
    • → Swedish: träda
    • → Danish: træde
    • → Faroese: træða, treða
• Old Dutch: tredan
  • Middle Dutch: trēden
    • Dutch: treden
      • Afrikaans: tree
    • Limburgish: traeje
• Old High German: tretan
  • Middle High German: treten
    • Central Franconian: tredde, träde, treade
      • Bavarian: tretn
      • Hunsrik: trede
      • Luxembourgish: trieden
    • German: treten
      • ⇒ German: Trotte
• → Medieval Latin: trottō, trotō
  • Old French: trotter, troter
    • French: trotter
    • → English: trot
  • Italian: trottare
  • Spanish: trotar
  • Portuguese: trotar
  • Occitan: trotar