Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gelpōną

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 *gelpą (“boast, claim”).

Verb

*gelpōną

1. to claim, boast

Inflection

Conjugation of *gelpōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gelpō	*gelpǭ	—	*gelpōi	?
2nd singular	*gelpōsi	*gelpōs	*gelpō	*gelpōsai	*gelpōsau
3rd singular	*gelpōþi	*gelpō	*gelpōþau	*gelpōþai	*gelpōþau
1st dual	*gelpōs	*gelpōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*gelpōþiz	*gelpōþiz	*gelpōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*gelpōmaz	*gelpōm	—	*gelpōnþai	*gelpōnþau
2nd plural	*gelpōþ	*gelpōþ	*gelpōþ	*gelpōnþai	*gelpōnþau
3rd plural	*gelpōnþi	*gelpōn	*gelpōnþau	*gelpōnþai	*gelpōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gelpōdǭ	*gelpōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*gelpōdēz	*gelpōdēdīz
3rd singular	*gelpōdē	*gelpōdēdī
1st dual	*gelpōdēdū	*gelpōdēdīw
2nd dual	*gelpōdēdudiz	*gelpōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*gelpōdēdum	*gelpōdēdīm
2nd plural	*gelpōdēdud	*gelpōdēdīd
3rd plural	*gelpōdēdun	*gelpōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*gelpōndz	*gelpōdaz

Related terms

• *gelpaną
• *gelpaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gelpōn
  • Old High German: gelpfōn
    • →? Middle Low German: gelven
• Old Norse: gjalpa
  • Icelandic: gjalpa