Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smalljan
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Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to burn, smoulder, smoke; tar, pitch”). Cognate with Lithuanian smilkyti (“to incense, fumigate”), Lithuanian smilkti (“to smudge, smolder, fume, reek”), Lithuanian smalkinti (“to fume”), Lithuanian smiltys (“fine sand, dust”), Russian смола́ (smolá, “resin, pitch, tar”), Middle Irish smál, smól, smúal (“fire, gleed, embers, ashes”).[1]
Verb
edit*smalljan
- (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) to glow, burn, smoulder
Inflection
editClass 1 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *smalljan | |
1st sg. past | *smaldā | |
Infinitive | *smalljan | |
Genitive infin. | *smalljannjas | |
Dative infin. | *smalljannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *smalljannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *smallju | *smaldā |
2nd singular | *smalisi | *smaldēs, *smaldōs |
3rd singular | *smaliþi | *smaldē, *smaldā |
1st plural | *smalljum | *smaldum |
2nd plural | *smaliþ | *smaldud |
3rd plural | *smalljanþ | *smaldun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *smalljē | *smaldī |
2nd singular | *smalljēs | *smaldī |
3rd singular | *smalljē | *smaldī |
1st plural | *smalljēm | *smaldīm |
2nd plural | *smalljēþ | *smaldīd |
3rd plural | *smalljēn | *smaldīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *smali | |
Plural | *smaliþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *smalljandī | *smald |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: *smiellan, *smillan, *smyllan, *smællan, *smellan
- Old Frisian: *smella, *smela
- Saterland Frisian: smeele
References
edit- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. smel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 969
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “smeulen”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide][1] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 590