Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to shout, cry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*galaną[1][2][3]

  1. to shout, yell
  2. to charm, sing

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 6)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *galō *galaų *galai ?
2nd singular *galizi *galaiz *gal *galazai *galaizau
3rd singular *galidi *galai *galadau *galadai *galaidau
1st dual *galōz *galaiw
2nd dual *galadiz *galaidiz *galadiz
1st plural *galamaz *galaim *galandai *galaindau
2nd plural *galid *galaid *galid *galandai *galaindau
3rd plural *galandi *galain *galandau *galandai *galaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *gōl *gōlį̄
2nd singular *gōlt *gōlīz
3rd singular *gōl *gōlī
1st dual *gōlū *gōlīw
2nd dual *gōludiz *gōlīdiz
1st plural *gōlum *gōlīm
2nd plural *gōlud *gōlīd
3rd plural *gōlun *gōlīn
present past
participles *galandz *galanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *galan
    • Old English: galan
      • Middle English: galen
    • Old Saxon: galan
    • Old Dutch: *galan
    • Old High German: galan, kalan
      • >? Middle High German: golen, goln
      • Middle High German: begalen
      • ? Old High German: galt ((of cows) not milch, infertile, past participle) (from the belief that sterile or un-milch cows are bewitched)
        • Middle High German: galt
          • Alemannic German: galt ((of cows) not milch)
            Swabian: gall ((of sheep) not pregnant)
          • Bavarian:
            Carinthian: galt ((of cows) infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch))
            Cimbrian: galt ((of cows) not milch; (of cows and human women) infertile)
            ? Tyrolean: galt (unfarmed land)
          • >? German: gelt ((of non-human animals) infertile)
          • Middle High German: galte (one-year-old calf)
            • Alemannic German: Galti (two-year-old cow that has not yet become pregnant)
  • Old Norse: gala

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*galan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒalanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123
  3. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “GAL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 212