Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leskaną

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

Thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-sḱé-ti, sḱe-present to *legʰ- (“to lie down”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈles.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*leskaną

  1. to cease, to stop
  2. to quench

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *leskō *leskaų — *leskai ?
2nd singular *liskizi *leskaiz *lesk *leskazai *leskaizau
3rd singular *liskidi *leskai *leskadau *leskadai *leskaidau
1st dual *leskōz *leskaiw — — —
2nd dual *leskadiz *leskaidiz *leskadiz — —
1st plural *leskamaz *leskaim — *leskandai *leskaindau
2nd plural *liskid *leskaid *liskid *leskandai *leskaindau
3rd plural *leskandi *leskain *leskandau *leskandai *leskaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lask *luskį̄
2nd singular *last *luskīz
3rd singular *lask *luskī
1st dual *luskū *luskīw
2nd dual *luskudiz *luskīdiz
1st plural *luskum *luskīm
2nd plural *luskud *luskīd
3rd plural *luskun *luskīn
present past
participles *leskandz *luskanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *leskan
    • Old Saxon: leskan
      • Middle Low German: leschen
    • Old Dutch: *lescan
    • Old High German: leskan

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “löschen#1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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