Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īlijan

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 *īlu (haste, eagerness) +‎ *-jan.

Verb edit

*īlijan

  1. to make haste, hasten

Inflection edit

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *īlijan
1st sg. past *īlidā
Infinitive *īlijan
Genitive infin. *īlijannjas
Dative infin. *īlijannjē
Instrum. infin. *īlijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *īliju *īlidā
2nd singular *īlisi *īlidēs, *īlidōs
3rd singular *īliþi *īlidē, *īlidā
1st plural *īlijum *īlidum
2nd plural *īliþ *īlidud
3rd plural *īlijanþ *īlidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *īlijē *īlidī
2nd singular *īlijēs *īlidī
3rd singular *īlijē *īlidī
1st plural *īlijēm *īlidīm
2nd plural *īlijēþ *īlidīd
3rd plural *īlijēn *īlidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *īli
Plural *īliþ
Present Past
Participle *īlijandī *īlid

Descendants edit

  • Old Frisian: īla
  • Old Saxon: īlian
    • Middle Low German: îlen
      • German Low German: ielen
      • Danish: ile
      • Old Swedish: ila
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: ile
  • Old Dutch: īlen
  • Old High German: īlen

References edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*īljan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 269