Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fallattjan

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

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Etymology

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From *fallan +‎ *-attjan.

Verb

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*fallattjan[1]

  1. to collapse

Inflection

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Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive *fallattjan
1st sg. past *fallattā
Infinitive *fallattjan
Genitive infin. *fallattjannjas
Dative infin. *fallattjannjē
Instrum. infin. *fallattjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *fallattju *fallattā
2nd singular *fallatisi *fallattēs, *fallattōs
3rd singular *fallatiþi *fallattē, *fallattā
1st plural *fallattjum *fallattum
2nd plural *fallatiþ *fallattud
3rd plural *fallattjanþ *fallattun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *fallattjē *fallattī
2nd singular *fallattjēs *fallattī
3rd singular *fallattjē *fallattī
1st plural *fallattjēm *fallattīm
2nd plural *fallattjēþ *fallattīd
3rd plural *fallattjēn *fallattīn
Imperative Present
Singular *fallati
Plural *fallatiþ
Present Past
Participle *fallattjandī *fallatt

Descendants

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  • Old English: feallettan (attested as falletande (present participle))
  • Old High German: fallezzen, fallazzen

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129:*fallatʲtʲan