Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glintan

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glintaną.

Verb

*glintan

1. (Elbe Germanic) to shine
2. (Elbe Germanic) to look

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive	*glintan
1st sg. past	*glant
3rd pl. past	*gluntun
Past ptcple	*gluntan
Infinitive	*glintan
Genitive infin.	*glintannjas
Dative infin.	*glintannjē
Instrum. infin.	*glintannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*glintu	*glant
2nd singular	*glintiʀi	*gluntī
3rd singular	*glintidi	*glant
1st plural	*glintum	*gluntum
2nd plural	*glintid	*gluntud
3rd plural	*glintand	*gluntun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*glintē	*gluntī
2nd singular	*glintēs	*gluntī
3rd singular	*glintē	*gluntī
1st plural	*glintēm	*gluntīm
2nd plural	*glintēþ	*gluntīd
3rd plural	*glintēn	*gluntīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*glint
Plural	*glintid
	Present	Past
Participle	*glintandī	*gluntan

Related terms

• *glant
• *glotōn

Descendants

• Old High German: *glinzan
  • Middle High German: glinzen

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*glintan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181