Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/liʀnēn

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

Verb edit

*liʀnēn[1]

  1. Elbe Germanic form of *liʀnōn (to learn)

Inflection edit

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *liʀnēn
1st sg. past *liʀn?dā
Infinitive *liʀnēn
Genitive infin. *liʀnēnijas
Dative infin. *liʀnēnijē
Instrum. infin. *liʀnēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *liʀnē *liʀn?dā
2nd singular *liʀnēs *liʀn?dēs, *liʀn?dēs
3rd singular *liʀnēþ *liʀn?dē, *liʀn?dā
1st plural *liʀnēm *liʀn?dum
2nd plural *liʀnēþ *liʀn?dud
3rd plural *liʀnēnþ *liʀn?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *liʀnē *liʀn?dī
2nd singular *liʀnēs *liʀn?dī
3rd singular *liʀnē *liʀn?dī
1st plural *liʀnēm *liʀn?dīm
2nd plural *liʀnēþ *liʀn?dīd
3rd plural *liʀnēn *liʀn?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *liʀnē
Plural *liʀnēþ
Present Past
Participle *liʀnēndī *liʀn?d

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*liznōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 340