Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stollōn

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 *stullōną, from earlier paradigm *stullōþi ~ *stulunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *stul-nā́-ti ~ *stul-un-ánti, iterative to *stelan (“to steal”).

Verb

*stollōn

1. to steal
2. to sneak

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*stollōn
1st sg. past	*stollōdā
Infinitive	*stollōn
Genitive infin.	*stollōnijas
Dative infin.	*stollōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*stollōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*stollō	*stollōdā
2nd singular	*stollōs	*stollōdēs, *stollōdōs
3rd singular	*stollōþ	*stollōdē, *stollōdā
1st plural	*stollōm	*stollōdum
2nd plural	*stollōþ	*stollōdud
3rd plural	*stollōnþ	*stollōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*stollō	*stollōdī
2nd singular	*stollōs	*stollōdī
3rd singular	*stollō	*stollōdī
1st plural	*stollōm	*stollōdīm
2nd plural	*stollōþ	*stollōdīd
3rd plural	*stollōn	*stollōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*stollō
Plural	*stollōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*stollōndī	*stollōd

Descendants

• Old High German: *stollōn
  • Middle High German: *stollen
    • Rhine Franconian: stollen

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN