Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glintaną

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend- (“to look, shine”), related to Proto-Slavic *ględati (“to look at”), Latvian glen̂st (“to scarcely perceive”), Old Irish asgleinn (“to examine”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣlin.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*glintaną[2]

  1. to shine
  2. to look

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *glintō *glintaų — *glintai ?
2nd singular *glintizi *glintaiz *glint *glintazai *glintaizau
3rd singular *glintidi *glintai *glintadau *glintadai *glintaidau
1st dual *glintōz *glintaiw — — —
2nd dual *glintadiz *glintaidiz *glintadiz — —
1st plural *glintamaz *glintaim — *glintandai *glintaindau
2nd plural *glintid *glintaid *glintid *glintandai *glintaindau
3rd plural *glintandi *glintain *glintandau *glintandai *glintaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *glant *gluntį̄
2nd singular *glanst *gluntīz
3rd singular *glant *gluntī
1st dual *gluntū *gluntīw
2nd dual *gluntudiz *gluntīdiz
1st plural *gluntum *gluntīm
2nd plural *gluntud *gluntīd
3rd plural *gluntun *gluntīn
present past
participles *glintandz *gluntanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *glintan
    • Old High German: *glinzan
      • Middle High German: glinzen
  • Old Norse: *gletta, *glinta

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒlentēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*glintan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181
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