Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lētaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let (go), be tired”). Compare Latin lassus (“tired”), Albanian lodh, and possibly Ancient Greek ληδεῖν (lēdeîn, “to be tired”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lētaną

1. to let, to allow
2. to leave alone

Inflection

Conjugation of *lētaną (strong class 7d)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lētō	*lētaų	—	*lētai	?
2nd singular	*lētizi	*lētaiz	*lēt	*lētazai	*lētaizau
3rd singular	*lētidi	*lētai	*lētadau	*lētadai	*lētaidau
1st dual	*lētōz	*lētaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lētadiz	*lētaidiz	*lētadiz	—	—
1st plural	*lētamaz	*lētaim	—	*lētandai	*lētaindau
2nd plural	*lētid	*lētaid	*lētid	*lētandai	*lētaindau
3rd plural	*lētandi	*lētain	*lētandau	*lētandai	*lētaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lelōt	*leltį̄
2nd singular	*lelōst	*leltīz
3rd singular	*lelōt	*leltī
1st dual	*leltū	*leltīw
2nd dual	*leltudiz	*leltīdiz
1st plural	*leltum	*leltīm
2nd plural	*leltud	*leltīd
3rd plural	*leltun	*leltīn
	present	past
participles	*lētandz	*lētanaz

Derived terms

• *fralētaną
• *lētiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lātan
  • Old English: lǣtan
    • Middle English: leten, letten
      • English: let
      • Scots: lat, let, lete
      • Yola: leth
  • Old Frisian: lēta
    • North Frisian: lete
    • Saterland Frisian: läite
    • West Frisian: litte
  • Old Saxon: lātan
    • Middle Low German: lāten
      • German Low German: laten, låten
  • Old Dutch: lātan
    • Middle Dutch: lâten
      • Dutch: laten
        • Afrikaans: laat
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: latn
        • Jersey Dutch: lâte
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: at
      • Limburgish: laote
  • Old High German: lāzan, lāzzan
    • Middle High German: lāzzen
      • Alemannic German: laa, la, loo, lo, lou, lah

        Swabian: lau, lassa

      • Central Franconian: loße, losse

        Hunsrik: losse

      • East Central German: lossn
      • German: lassen
      • Luxembourgish: loossen
      • Yiddish: לאָזן (lozn)
    • → Old French: laissier, laiser, laisier, laisser, lesser, lessier (in part)
      • Middle French: laisser, laissier
        • French: laisser
          • → Breton: lezel
      • Norman: laîssi
      • Picard: laissier
      • → Middle English: *lesen
        • English: lease, leese
          • → Dutch: leasen
          • ⇒ English: leasing
            • → Spanish: leasing
            • → Finnish: leasing
            • → Polish: leasing
            • → Swedish: leasing
        • Scots: lease
        • → Middle Irish: léas
          • Irish: léas
• Old Norse: láta
  • Icelandic: láta
  • Faroese: láta
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: la
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: la, lata, late
  • Elfdalian: låta
  • Old Swedish: lāta
    • Swedish: låta
  • Old Danish: latæ
    • Danish: lade
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan)