Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linhtaz

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 Pre-Germanic *h₁lengʷʰ-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight; swift”). By synchronic analysis, a to-stem adjectival derivative of *lingwaną (“to make progress, succeed”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlĩːx.tɑz/

Adjective

*linhtaz

  1. light (in weight)

Inflection

Declension of *linhtaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *linhtaz *linhtō *linhtą, -atō *linhtai *linhtôz *linhtō
accusative *linhtanǭ *linhtǭ *linhtą, -atō *linhtanz *linhtōz *linhtō
genitive *linhtas, -is *linhtaizōz *linhtas, -is *linhtaizǫ̂ *linhtaizǫ̂ *linhtaizǫ̂
dative *linhtammai *linhtaizōi *linhtammai *linhtaimaz *linhtaimaz *linhtaimaz
instrumental *linhtanō *linhtaizō *linhtanō *linhtaimiz *linhtaimiz *linhtaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *linhtô *linhtǭ *linhtô *linhtaniz *linhtōniz *linhtōnō
accusative *linhtanų *linhtōnų *linhtô *linhtanunz *linhtōnunz *linhtōnō
genitive *linhtiniz *linhtōniz *linhtiniz *linhtanǫ̂ *linhtōnǫ̂ *linhtanǫ̂
dative *linhtini *linhtōni *linhtini *linhtammaz *linhtōmaz *linhtammaz
instrumental *linhtinē *linhtōnē *linhtinē *linhtammiz *linhtōmiz *linhtammiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*linhta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
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