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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līkāną

 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

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Etymology

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From *-līkaz (“like”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

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*līkāną

  1. to conform, to be of an agreeable kind
  2. to please (+ dative object), to like (impersonal) (+ dative subject)

Usage notes

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Judging from Gothic evidence, the difference between this verb and the derived verb *galīkāną seems to have only been one of transitivity. The former could take an object in the dative, while the latter was intransitive only. Other than that the meanings were pretty much identical.

Inflection

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Conjugation of *līkāną (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *līkō ? — ? ?
2nd singular *līkaisi ? *līkai *līkāsai ?
3rd singular *līkaiþi ? *līkāþau *līkāþai ?
1st dual *līkōs ? — — —
2nd dual *līkāþiz ? *līkāþiz — —
1st plural *līkāmaz ? — *līkānþai ?
2nd plural *līkaiþ ? *līkaiþ *līkānþai ?
3rd plural *līkānþi ? *līkānþau *līkānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *līkadǭ *līkadēdį̄
2nd singular *līkadēz *līkadēdīz
3rd singular *līkadē *līkadēdī
1st dual *līkadēdū *līkadēdīw
2nd dual *līkadēdudiz *līkadēdīdiz
1st plural *līkadēdum *līkadēdīm
2nd plural *līkadēdud *līkadēdīd
3rd plural *līkadēdun *līkadēdīn
present past
participles *līkāndz *līkadaz

Derived terms

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Descendants

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