Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ligjaną

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *legjaną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti, from *legʰ- (“to lie”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ligjaną

  1. to lie, to rest (on a surface)
  2. to lead (e.g. of a road)

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5 j-present)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ligjō *ligjaų — *ligjai ?
2nd singular *ligisi *ligjais *ligi *ligjasai *ligjaisau
3rd singular *ligiþi *ligjai *ligjaþau *ligjaþai *ligjaiþau
1st dual *ligjōs *ligjaiw — — —
2nd dual *ligjaþiz *ligjaiþiz *ligjaþiz — —
1st plural *ligjamaz *ligjaim — *ligjanþai *ligjainþau
2nd plural *ligiþ *ligjaiþ *ligiþ *ligjanþai *ligjainþau
3rd plural *ligjanþi *ligjain *ligjanþau *ligjanþai *ligjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lag *lēgį̄
2nd singular *laht *lēgīz
3rd singular *lag *lēgī
1st dual *lēgū *lēgīw
2nd dual *lēgudiz *lēgīdiz
1st plural *lēgum *lēgīm
2nd plural *lēgud *lēgīd
3rd plural *lēgun *lēgīn
present past
participles *ligjandz *leganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leg(j)an-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330
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