Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lesaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”). Cognate with Lithuanian lèsti (“to pick, peck”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈle.sɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*lesaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *lesō | *lesaų | — | *lesai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *lisizi | *lesaiz | *les | *lesazai | *lesaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *lisidi | *lesai | *lesadau | *lesadai | *lesaidau | |
| 1st dual | *lesōz | *lesaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *lesadiz | *lesaidiz | *lesadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *lesamaz | *lesaim | — | *lesandai | *lesaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *lisid | *lesaid | *lisid | *lesandai | *lesaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *lesandi | *lesain | *lesandau | *lesandai | *lesaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *las | *lēzį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *last | *lēzīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *las | *lēzī | ||||
| 1st dual | *lēzū | *lēzīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *lēzudiz | *lēzīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *lēzum | *lēzīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *lēzud | *lēzīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *lēzun | *lēzīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *lesandz | *lezanaz | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *lesan
- Old Norse: lesa
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (lisan)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lesan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 331-2