Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laistijaną

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *laistaz (“track, trace, footprint”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯s.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*laistijaną

to track, follow
to pursue

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *laistijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*laistijō	*laistijaų	—	*laistijai	?
2nd singular	*laistīsi	*laistijais	*laistī	*laistijasai	*laistijaisau
3rd singular	*laistīþi	*laistijai	*laistijaþau	*laistijaþai	*laistijaiþau
1st dual	*laistijōs	*laistijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*laistijaþiz	*laistijaiþiz	*laistijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*laistijamaz	*laistijaim	—	*laistijanþai	*laistijainþau
2nd plural	*laistīþ	*laistijaiþ	*laistīþ	*laistijanþai	*laistijainþau
3rd plural	*laistijanþi	*laistijain	*laistijanþau	*laistijanþai	*laistijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*laistidǭ	*laistidēdį̄
2nd singular	*laistidēz	*laistidēdīz
3rd singular	*laistidē	*laistidēdī
1st dual	*laistidēdū	*laistidēdīw
2nd dual	*laistidēdudiz	*laistidēdīdiz
1st plural	*laistidēdum	*laistidēdīm
2nd plural	*laistidēdud	*laistidēdīd
3rd plural	*laistidēdun	*laistidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*laistijandz	*laistidaz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *laistijan
- Old English: lǣstan
  - Middle English: lasten, lesten
    - English: last
    - Scots: lest
- Old Frisian: lāsta, lēsta
  - North Frisian: laste
- Old Saxon: lēstian
  - Middle Low German: lêsten, leisten
    - German Low German: leisten
- Old Dutch: *lēsten
  - Middle Dutch: lêesten
    - Dutch: leesten
- Old High German: leisten
  - Middle High German: leisten
    - German: leisten
    - Luxembourgish: leeschten
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (laistjan)