Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līhwan
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *līhwaną.
Verb edit
*līhwan[1]
- to lend
Inflection edit
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *līhwan | |
| 1st sg. past | *laihw | |
| 3rd pl. past | *ligun | |
| Past ptcple | *liwan | |
| Infinitive | *līhwan | |
| Genitive infin. | *līhwannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *līhwannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *līhwannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *līhu | *laihw |
| 2nd singular | *līhwiʀi | *liwī |
| 3rd singular | *līhwidi | *laihw |
| 1st plural | *līhum | *ligum |
| 2nd plural | *līhwid | *ligud |
| 3rd plural | *līhwand | *ligun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *līhwē | *liwī |
| 2nd singular | *līhwēs | *liwī |
| 3rd singular | *līhwē | *liwī |
| 1st plural | *līhwēm | *liwīm |
| 2nd plural | *līhwēþ | *liwīd |
| 3rd plural | *līhwēn | *liwīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *līhw | |
| Plural | *līhwid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *līhwandī | *liwan |
Descendants edit
- Old English: lēon
- Old Frisian: līa
- Old Saxon: līhan
- Old Dutch: *līan
- Middle Dutch: liën
- Old High German: līhan
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107: “*līhwan”