Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lūtaną

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 *lewd- (to duck, crouch, feign, cringe, become small), a root whose purported descendants are uncertain, but which usually includes Lithuanian liū̃dnas (sad), liū̃sti (to become sad).[1] By synchronic analysis, Kroonen takes the word as a back-formation from the iterative *luttōną (to stoop, droop) (apparently from the same root), and tentatively compares Old Irish lott (damage, destruction).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lūtaną[2][1]

  1. to bow down, lout

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lūtō *lūtaų *lūtai ?
2nd singular *lūtizi *lūtaiz *lūt *lūtazai *lūtaizau
3rd singular *lūtidi *lūtai *lūtadau *lūtadai *lūtaidau
1st dual *lūtōz *lūtaiw
2nd dual *lūtadiz *lūtaidiz *lūtadiz
1st plural *lūtamaz *lūtaim *lūtandai *lūtaindau
2nd plural *lūtid *lūtaid *lūtid *lūtandai *lūtaindau
3rd plural *lūtandi *lūtain *lūtandau *lūtandai *lūtaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *laut *lutį̄
2nd singular *laust *lutīz
3rd singular *laut *lutī
1st dual *lutū *lutīw
2nd dual *lutudiz *lutīdiz
1st plural *lutum *lutīm
2nd plural *lutud *lutīd
3rd plural *lutun *lutīn
present past
participles *lūtandz *lutanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lūtan
    • Old English: lūtan
  • Old Norse: lúta

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lūtanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 252
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lūtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345