Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/libbjan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

Verb

*libbjan[1]

  1. to live, be alive

Inflection

Class 3 weak j-present
Infinitive *libbjan
1st sg. past *libdā
Infinitive *libbjan
Genitive infin. *libbjannjas
Dative infin. *libbjannjē
Instrum. infin. *libbjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *libbju *libdā
2nd singular *libēs *libdēs, *libdōs
3rd singular *libēþ *libdē, *libdā
1st plural *libbjum *libdum
2nd plural *libēþ *libdud
3rd plural *libbjanþ *libdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *libbjē *libdī
2nd singular *libbjēs *libdī
3rd singular *libbjē *libdī
1st plural *libbjēm *libdīm
2nd plural *libbjēþ *libdīd
3rd plural *libbjēn *libdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *libē
Plural *libēþ
Present Past
Participle *libbjandī *libd

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 321: “*[libʲbʲan]”
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