Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gīslōną

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 *gīslaz (“hostage”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣiːs.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*gīslōną

1. to take hostage

Inflection

Conjugation of *gīslōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gīslō	*gīslǭ	—	*gīslōi	?
2nd singular	*gīslōsi	*gīslōs	*gīslō	*gīslōsai	*gīslōsau
3rd singular	*gīslōþi	*gīslō	*gīslōþau	*gīslōþai	*gīslōþau
1st dual	*gīslōs	*gīslōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*gīslōþiz	*gīslōþiz	*gīslōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*gīslōmaz	*gīslōm	—	*gīslōnþai	*gīslōnþau
2nd plural	*gīslōþ	*gīslōþ	*gīslōþ	*gīslōnþai	*gīslōnþau
3rd plural	*gīslōnþi	*gīslōn	*gīslōnþau	*gīslōnþai	*gīslōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gīslōdǭ	*gīslōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*gīslōdēz	*gīslōdēdīz
3rd singular	*gīslōdē	*gīslōdēdī
1st dual	*gīslōdēdū	*gīslōdēdīw
2nd dual	*gīslōdēdudiz	*gīslōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*gīslōdēdum	*gīslōdēdīm
2nd plural	*gīslōdēdud	*gīslōdēdīd
3rd plural	*gīslōdēdun	*gīslōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*gīslōndz	*gīslōdaz

Derived terms

• *gīslungō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gīslōn
  • Old English: gīslian
    • Middle English: gislen
  • Old Frisian: gīslia
    • West Frisian: gizelje
  • Old Saxon: *gīslōn
    • Middle Low German: gîselen, gîseln
  • Old Dutch: *gīslon
    • Middle Dutch: giselen
      • Dutch: gijzelen
  • Old High German: *gīslōn
    • Middle High German: gīselen, gīseln
      • German: geiseln
• Old Norse: gísla