Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lētaną

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 *leh₁d- (“to let (go), be tired”). Compare Latin lassus (“tired”), Albanian lodh, and possibly Ancient Greek ληδεῖν (lēdeîn, “to be tired”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lētaną

  1. to let, to allow
  2. to leave alone

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7d)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lētō *lētaų — *lētai ?
2nd singular *lētizi *lētaiz *lēt *lētazai *lētaizau
3rd singular *lētidi *lētai *lētadau *lētadai *lētaidau
1st dual *lētōz *lētaiw — — —
2nd dual *lētadiz *lētaidiz *lētadiz — —
1st plural *lētamaz *lētaim — *lētandai *lētaindau
2nd plural *lētid *lētaid *lētid *lētandai *lētaindau
3rd plural *lētandi *lētain *lētandau *lētandai *lētaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lelōt *leltį̄
2nd singular *lelōst *leltīz
3rd singular *lelōt *leltī
1st dual *leltū *leltīw
2nd dual *leltudiz *leltīdiz
1st plural *leltum *leltīm
2nd plural *leltud *leltīd
3rd plural *leltun *leltīn
present past
participles *lētandz *lētanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lētan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
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