Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/libbjan
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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 *libjaną.
Verb edit
*libbjan[1]
Inflection edit
| Class 3 weak j-present | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *libbjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *libdā | |
| Infinitive | *libbjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *libbjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *libbjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *libbjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *libbju | *libdā |
| 2nd singular | *libēs | *libdēs, *libdōs |
| 3rd singular | *libēþ | *libdē, *libdā |
| 1st plural | *libbjum | *libdum |
| 2nd plural | *libēþ | *libdud |
| 3rd plural | *libbjanþ | *libdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *libbjē | *libdī |
| 2nd singular | *libbjēs | *libdī |
| 3rd singular | *libbjē | *libdī |
| 1st plural | *libbjēm | *libdīm |
| 2nd plural | *libbjēþ | *libdīd |
| 3rd plural | *libbjēn | *libdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *libē | |
| Plural | *libēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *libbjandī | *libd |
Descendants edit
- Old English: libban, lifian
- Old Frisian: leva
- Old Saxon: libbian
- Old Dutch: libben, *livon
- Old High German: lebēn
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 321: “*[libʲbʲan]”