Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lahaną

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 *lok- (to blame). Compare Old Irish locht (fault, vice).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lahaną[1][2][3]

  1. to blame, fault, reproach

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 6)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lahō *lahaų *lahai ?
2nd singular *lahizi *lahaiz *lah *lahazai *lahaizau
3rd singular *lahidi *lahai *lahadau *lahadai *lahaidau
1st dual *lahōz *lahaiw
2nd dual *lahadiz *lahaidiz *lahadiz
1st plural *lahamaz *lahaim *lahandai *lahaindau
2nd plural *lahid *lahaid *lahid *lahandai *lahaindau
3rd plural *lahandi *lahain *lahandau *lahandai *lahaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lōg *lōgį̄
2nd singular *lōht *lōgīz
3rd singular *lōg *lōgī
1st dual *lōgū *lōgīw
2nd dual *lōgudiz *lōgīdiz
1st plural *lōgum *lōgīm
2nd plural *lōgud *lōgīd
3rd plural *lōgun *lōgīn
present past
participles *lahandz *laganaz
  • *lahstuz
  • *lahstraz
  • *lahtrą/*lahtraz
  • *lakkōną/*lakōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lahan
    • Old English: lēan
      • Middle English: *lēen (attested in past tense lough)
    • Old Saxon: lahan
    • Old High German: lahan
  • Old Norse: *lá
  • ? Proto-Finnic: *laittadak

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lahan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 322
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*laxanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 232
  3. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “LAH-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 321