Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leuganą

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 *lewgʰ- (to tell publicly).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleu̯.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*leuganą[1][2]

  1. to lie, to tell a falsehood

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *leugō *leugaų *leugai ?
2nd singular *liugizi *leugaiz *leug *leugazai *leugaizau
3rd singular *liugidi *leugai *leugadau *leugadai *leugaidau
1st dual *leugōz *leugaiw
2nd dual *leugadiz *leugaidiz *leugadiz
1st plural *leugamaz *leugaim *leugandai *leugaindau
2nd plural *liugid *leugaid *liugid *leugandai *leugaindau
3rd plural *leugandi *leugain *leugandau *leugandai *leugaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *laug *lugį̄
2nd singular *lauht *lugīz
3rd singular *laug *lugī
1st dual *lugū *lugīw
2nd dual *lugudiz *lugīdiz
1st plural *lugum *lugīm
2nd plural *lugud *lugīd
3rd plural *lugun *lugīn
present past
participles *leugandz *luganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leugan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*leuʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 242