Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haldaną

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

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Other theories connect the word to Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise”), *kel- (“to drive”).[1]

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑl.dɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*haldaną

  1. to hold, to keep

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7c)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *haldō *haldaų — *haldai ?
2nd singular *haldizi *haldaiz *hald *haldazai *haldaizau
3rd singular *haldidi *haldai *haldadau *haldadai *haldaidau
1st dual *haldōz *haldaiw — — —
2nd dual *haldadiz *haldaidiz *haldadiz — —
1st plural *haldamaz *haldaim — *haldandai *haldaindau
2nd plural *haldid *haldaid *haldid *haldandai *haldaindau
3rd plural *haldandi *haldain *haldandau *haldandai *haldaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hehald *hehaldį̄
2nd singular *hehalst *hehaldīz
3rd singular *hehald *hehaldī
1st dual *hehaldū *hehaldīw
2nd dual *hehaldudiz *hehaldīdiz
1st plural *hehaldum *hehaldīm
2nd plural *hehaldud *hehaldīd
3rd plural *hehaldun *hehaldīn
present past
participles *haldandz *haldanaz

Derived terms

  • *bihaldaną
  • *haldiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xalđanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155
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