Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiljaną

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

Etymology

From the optative of *wḗlh₁-ti ~ *wélh₁-n̥ti, Narten present from *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwil.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wiljaną

  1. to want

Inflection

Only subjunctive forms exist in the present tense. The past tense is declined as a suffixless weak verb.

Conjugation of (irregular, defective)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular — *wiljų — — —
2nd singular — *wilīz — — —
3rd singular — *wilī — — —
1st dual — *wilīw — — —
2nd dual — *wilīdiz — — —
1st plural — *wilīm — — —
2nd plural — *wilīd — — —
3rd plural — *wilīn — — —
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *weldǭ *weldēdį̄
2nd singular *weldēz *weldēdīz
3rd singular *weldē *weldēdī
1st dual *weldēdū *weldēdīw
2nd dual *weldēdudiz *weldēdīdiz
1st plural *weldēdum *weldēdīm
2nd plural *weldēdud *weldēdīd
3rd plural *weldēdun *weldēdīn
present past
participles *wiljandz —

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*weljan- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 578
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 677-678
  3. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 539
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