Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kalaną

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 *gól-, the o-grade root present of *gel- (cold). Related to Latin gelū (frost, cold).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kalaną[1][2][3]

  1. to be cold, to freeze

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 6)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kalō *kalaų *kalai ?
2nd singular *kalizi *kalaiz *kal *kalazai *kalaizau
3rd singular *kalidi *kalai *kaladau *kaladai *kalaidau
1st dual *kalōz *kalaiw
2nd dual *kaladiz *kalaidiz *kaladiz
1st plural *kalamaz *kalaim *kalandai *kalaindau
2nd plural *kalid *kalaid *kalid *kalandai *kalaindau
3rd plural *kalandi *kalain *kalandau *kalandai *kalaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kōl *kōlį̄
2nd singular *kōlt *kōlīz
3rd singular *kōl *kōlī
1st dual *kōlū *kōlīw
2nd dual *kōludiz *kōlīdiz
1st plural *kōlum *kōlīm
2nd plural *kōlud *kōlīd
3rd plural *kōlun *kōlīn
present past
participles *kalandz *kalanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kalan
    • Old English: calan
  • Old Norse: kala
    • Icelandic: kala
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kala, (past participle) kalen
    • Swedish: kala (dialectal)
  • Proto-Finnic: *kalëda (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kalan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 277
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kalanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208
  3. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “KAL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 288