Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lausijaną

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 *lausaz (“loose, free”) +‎ *-janą.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯.si.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lausijaną

to make loose
to release, to set free

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*lausijō	*lausijaų	—	*lausijai	?
2nd singular	*lausīsi	*lausijais	*lausī	*lausijasai	*lausijaisau
3rd singular	*lausīþi	*lausijai	*lausijaþau	*lausijaþai	*lausijaiþau
1st dual	*lausijōs	*lausijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lausijaþiz	*lausijaiþiz	*lausijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*lausijamaz	*lausijaim	—	*lausijanþai	*lausijainþau
2nd plural	*lausīþ	*lausijaiþ	*lausīþ	*lausijanþai	*lausijainþau
3rd plural	*lausijanþi	*lausijain	*lausijanþau	*lausijanþai	*lausijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lausidǭ	*lausidēdį̄
2nd singular	*lausidēz	*lausidēdīz
3rd singular	*lausidē	*lausidēdī
1st dual	*lausidēdū	*lausidēdīw
2nd dual	*lausidēdudiz	*lausidēdīdiz
1st plural	*lausidēdum	*lausidēdīm
2nd plural	*lausidēdud	*lausidēdīd
3rd plural	*lausidēdun	*lausidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*lausijandz	*lausidaz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lausijan
- Old English: līesan
  - Middle English: lesen
    - Scots: leese, lease
    - English: leese, lease
- Old Frisian: lēsa
  - Saterland Frisian: leze
- Old Saxon: lōsian
  - Middle Low German: lôsen, lö̂sen, loesen, loysen, lössen
    - German Low German: lösen
- Old Dutch: lōsen
  - Middle Dutch: lôsen
    - Dutch: lozen
- Old High German: lōsen, lossan
  - Middle High German: losen
    - German: lösen
    - Luxembourgish: léisen
    - Yiddish: לייזן (leyzn)
Old Norse: leysa
- Icelandic: leysa
- Faroese: loysa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: løysa
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: løyse
- Old Swedish: lø̄sa
  - Swedish: lösa
- Old Danish: løsæ
  - Danish: løse
    - Norwegian Bokmål: løse
- → Finnish: löysä
- Gutnish: lausa
- Ostrobothnian: löis’
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lausjan)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lausjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lausa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329: “*lausjan-”

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lausjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lausa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329: “*lausjan-”

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