Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiljaną
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *wélyoyt, optative of *wélyeti, from *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*wiljaną
- to want
Inflection edit
Only subjunctive forms exist in the present tense. The past tense is declined as a suffixless weak verb.
Conjugation of *wiljaną (irregular, defective)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | — | *wiljų | — | — | — |
| 2nd singular | — | *wilīz | — | — | — |
| 3rd singular | — | *wilī | — | — | — |
| 1st dual | — | *wilīw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | — | *wilīdiz | — | — | — |
| 1st plural | — | *wilīm | — | — | — |
| 2nd plural | — | *wilīd | — | — | — |
| 3rd plural | — | *wilīn | — | — | — |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *weldǭ | *weldēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *weldēz | *weldēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *weldē | *weldēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *weldēdū | *weldēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *weldēdudiz | *weldēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *weldēdum | *weldēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *weldēdud | *weldēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *weldēdun | *weldēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *wiljandz | — | |||