Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlefaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *klep- (“to steal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxle.ɸɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*hlefaną
- to steal
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *hlefō | *hlefaų | — | *hlefai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *hlifizi | *hlefaiz | *hlef | *hlefazai | *hlefaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *hlifidi | *hlefai | *hlefadau | *hlefadai | *hlefaidau | |
| 1st dual | *hlefōz | *hlefaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *hlefadiz | *hlefaidiz | *hlefadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *hlefamaz | *hlefaim | — | *hlefandai | *hlefaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *hlifid | *hlefaid | *hlifid | *hlefandai | *hlefaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *hlefandi | *hlefain | *hlefandau | *hlefandai | *hlefaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *hlaf | *hlēbį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *hlaft | *hlēbīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *hlaf | *hlēbī | ||||
| 1st dual | *hlēbū | *hlēbīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *hlēbudiz | *hlēbīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *hlēbum | *hlēbīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *hlēbud | *hlēbīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *hlēbun | *hlēbīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *hlefandz | *hlebanaz | ||||
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 230
- Vladimir Orel (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175