Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/limpaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang limply”), which Pfeifer appears to consider a nasalized extension of *leb- (“to hang loosely; lip”).[1] Compare Tocharian A läm- (“to sit, remain”), Sanskrit लम्ब् (lamb), रम्ब् (ramb, “to hang down”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlim.pɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*limpaną[2]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *limpō | *limpaų | — | *limpai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *limpizi | *limpaiz | *limp | *limpazai | *limpaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *limpidi | *limpai | *limpadau | *limpadai | *limpaidau | |
| 1st dual | *limpōz | *limpaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *limpadiz | *limpaidiz | *limpadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *limpamaz | *limpaim | — | *limpandai | *limpaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *limpid | *limpaid | *limpid | *limpandai | *limpaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *limpandi | *limpain | *limpandau | *limpandai | *limpaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *lamp | *lumpį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *lamft | *lumpīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *lamp | *lumpī | ||||
| 1st dual | *lumpū | *lumpīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *lumpudiz | *lumpīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *lumpum | *lumpīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *lumpud | *lumpīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *lumpun | *lumpīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *limpandz | *lumpanaz | ||||
Related terms
- *lampijaną
Descendants
References
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schlampen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lempanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240