Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/liggjan
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ligjaną.
Verb edit
*liggjan[1]
Inflection edit
Strong class 5 j-present | ||
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Infinitive | *liggjan | |
1st sg. past | *lag | |
3rd pl. past | *lāgun | |
Past ptcple | *legan | |
Infinitive | *liggjan | |
Genitive infin. | *liggjannjas | |
Dative infin. | *liggjannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *liggjannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *liggju | *lag |
2nd singular | *ligiʀi | *lāgī |
3rd singular | *ligidi | *lag |
1st plural | *liggjum | *lāgum |
2nd plural | *ligid | *lāgud |
3rd plural | *liggjand | *lāgun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *liggjē | *lāgī |
2nd singular | *liggjēs | *lāgī |
3rd singular | *liggjē | *lāgī |
1st plural | *liggjēm | *lāgīm |
2nd plural | *liggjēþ | *lāgīd |
3rd plural | *liggjēn | *lāgīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *ligi | |
Plural | *ligid | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *liggjandī | *legan |
Descendants edit
- Old English: liċġan
- Old Frisian: lidzia
- Old Saxon: liggian
- Old Dutch: liggen
- Old High German: ligan, liggan
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[ligʲgʲan]”