Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slindaną

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 *slendʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (to creep, crawl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈslin.dɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slindaną[1][2]

  1. to swallow; consume
  2. to engulf

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *slindō *slindaų *slindai ?
2nd singular *slindizi *slindaiz *slind *slindazai *slindaizau
3rd singular *slindidi *slindai *slindadau *slindadai *slindaidau
1st dual *slindōz *slindaiw
2nd dual *slindadiz *slindaidiz *slindadiz
1st plural *slindamaz *slindaim *slindandai *slindaindau
2nd plural *slindid *slindaid *slindid *slindandai *slindaindau
3rd plural *slindandi *slindain *slindandau *slindandai *slindaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sland *slundį̄
2nd singular *slanst *slundīz
3rd singular *sland *slundī
1st dual *slundū *slundīw
2nd dual *slundudiz *slundīdiz
1st plural *slundum *slundīm
2nd plural *slundud *slundīd
3rd plural *slundun *slundīn
present past
participles *slindandz *slundanaz

Derived terms

  • *slundaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *slindan
    • Old Frisian: *slinda
    • Old Saxon: slindan
      • Middle Low German: slinden
        • Low German: slinden
    • Old Dutch: *slindan
      • Middle Dutch: slinden
        • Dutch: slinden (obsolete)
    • Old High German: slintan
      • Middle High German: slinden
        • German: schlinden

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slindan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slenđanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 349-350