Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lubāną

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 *lubō (“love”) +‎ *-āną. Related to Latin libet (“it is pleasing”).

Verb

*lubāną

1. to be loving, desiring, hoping

Inflection

Conjugation of *lubāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lubō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*lubaisi	?	*lubai	*lubāsai	?
3rd singular	*lubaiþi	?	*lubāþau	*lubāþai	?
1st dual	*lubōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lubāþiz	?	*lubāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*lubāmaz	?	—	*lubānþai	?
2nd plural	*lubaiþ	?	*lubaiþ	*lubānþai	?
3rd plural	*lubānþi	?	*lubānþau	*lubānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lubadǭ	*lubadēdį̄
2nd singular	*lubadēz	*lubadēdīz
3rd singular	*lubadē	*lubadēdī
1st dual	*lubadēdū	*lubadēdīw
2nd dual	*lubadēdudiz	*lubadēdīdiz
1st plural	*lubadēdum	*lubadēdīm
2nd plural	*lubadēdud	*lubadēdīd
3rd plural	*lubadēdun	*lubadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*lubāndz	*lubadaz

Descendants

• Gothic: *𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*luban), implied by deverbal 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (lubains)

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN