Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wlītaną

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 *wleyd(ʰ)- or *wleyt-. Further etymology uncertain,[1] but probably from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”) (though Kroonen is skeptical of the morphology; compare *wrītaną for this structure), and perhaps influenced by the related iterative *wlittōną (“to strive”, literally “to look repeatedly”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwliː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wlītaną[2][1]

  1. to see, look

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wlītō *wlītaų — *wlītai ?
2nd singular *wlītizi *wlītaiz *wlīt *wlītazai *wlītaizau
3rd singular *wlītidi *wlītai *wlītadau *wlītadai *wlītaidau
1st dual *wlītōz *wlītaiw — — —
2nd dual *wlītadiz *wlītaidiz *wlītadiz — —
1st plural *wlītamaz *wlītaim — *wlītandai *wlītaindau
2nd plural *wlītid *wlītaid *wlītid *wlītandai *wlītaindau
3rd plural *wlītandi *wlītain *wlītandau *wlītandai *wlītaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wlait *wlitį̄
2nd singular *wlaist *wlitīz
3rd singular *wlait *wlitī
1st dual *wlitū *wlitīw
2nd dual *wlitudiz *wlitīdiz
1st plural *wlitum *wlitīm
2nd plural *wlitud *wlitīd
3rd plural *wlitun *wlitīn
present past
participles *wlītandz *wlitanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wlītan
    • Old English: wlītan
      • → English: wlite (revived)
  • Old Norse: líta

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wlītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wlītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 591
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