Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stelaną

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

According to Kroonen & Lubotsky (2009), from Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (to sneak) (compare e.g. Sanskrit त्सर् (tsar), Shughni сӗрт (to steal, sneak), Old Armenian սողիմ (sołim, to creep, to steal)).[1] The supposed metathesis *ts > *st has no exact parallels, but a similar development appears in *spenô (nipple), from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (breast). Numerous other etymologies with semantic or phonetic difficulties have been earlier proposed as well.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈste.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*stelaną[2][3][4]

  1. to steal
  2. to sneak

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 4)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *stelō *stelaų *stelai ?
2nd singular *stilizi *stelaiz *stel *stelazai *stelaizau
3rd singular *stilidi *stelai *steladau *steladai *stelaidau
1st dual *stelōz *stelaiw
2nd dual *steladiz *stelaidiz *steladiz
1st plural *stelamaz *stelaim *stelandai *stelaindau
2nd plural *stilid *stelaid *stilid *stelandai *stelaindau
3rd plural *stelandi *stelain *stelandau *stelandai *stelaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *stal *stēlį̄
2nd singular *stalt *stēlīz
3rd singular *stal *stēlī
1st dual *stēlū *stēlīw
2nd dual *stēludiz *stēlīdiz
1st plural *stēlum *stēlīm
2nd plural *stēlud *stēlīd
3rd plural *stēlun *stēlīn
present past
participles *stelandz *stulanaz

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • *stalōną
  • *stullōną

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus with Lubotsky, Alexander (2009) “Proto-Indo-European *tsel- 'to sneak' and Germanic *stelan- 'to steal, approach stealthily'”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia[1], volume 14
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stelan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 476
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*stelanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 374
  4. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “STEL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 468