Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līhwaną

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 *léykʷt, from *leykʷ- (to leave behind).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.xʷɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*līhwaną[1][2]

  1. to lend

Inflection

Note: Voiced Verner alternant gw becomes w, but g next to u.

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *līhwō *līhwaų *līhwai ?
2nd singular *līhwizi *līhwaiz *līhw *līhwazai *līhwaizau
3rd singular *līhwidi *līhwai *līhwadau *līhwadai *līhwaidau
1st dual *līhwōz *līhwaiw
2nd dual *līhwadiz *līhwaidiz *līhwadiz
1st plural *līhwamaz *līhwaim *līhwandai *līhwaindau
2nd plural *līhwid *līhwaid *līhwid *līhwandai *līhwaindau
3rd plural *līhwandi *līhwain *līhwandau *līhwandai *līhwaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *laihw *liwį̄
2nd singular *laiht *liwīz
3rd singular *laihw *liwī
1st dual *ligū *liwīw
2nd dual *ligudiz *liwīdiz
1st plural *ligum *liwīm
2nd plural *ligud *liwīd
3rd plural *ligun *liwīn
present past
participles *līhwandz *liwanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *līhwan
    • Old English: lēon
    • Old Frisian: līa
    • Old Saxon: līhan
    • Old Dutch: līan
    • Old High German: līhan
  • Old Norse: léa, ljá
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (leiƕan)
    • Proto-Slavic: *lixva (via a noun *𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍈𐌰 (*leiƕa))

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*līhwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 336
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*līxwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247