Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ailijaną

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

Etymology

From *ailą (fire) +‎ *-janą (denominal suffix).[1]

Verb

*ailijaną[1]

  1. (West Germanic) to kindle

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ailijō *ailijaų *ailijai ?
2nd singular *ailīsi *ailijais *ailī *ailijasai *ailijaisau
3rd singular *ailīþi *ailijai *ailijaþau *ailijaþai *ailijaiþau
1st dual *ailijōs *ailijaiw
2nd dual *ailijaþiz *ailijaiþiz *ailijaþiz
1st plural *ailijamaz *ailijaim *ailijanþai *ailijainþau
2nd plural *ailīþ *ailijaiþ *ailīþ *ailijanþai *ailijainþau
3rd plural *ailijanþi *ailijain *ailijanþau *ailijanþai *ailijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ailidǭ *ailidēdį̄
2nd singular *ailidēz *ailidēdīz
3rd singular *ailidē *ailidēdī
1st dual *ailidēdū *ailidēdīw
2nd dual *ailidēdudiz *ailidēdīdiz
1st plural *ailidēdum *ailidēdīm
2nd plural *ailidēdud *ailidēdīd
3rd plural *ailidēdun *ailidēdīn
present past
participles *ailijandz *ailidaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ailijan
    • Old English: ǣlan

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ailida-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11:*ailjan-