Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/walljan

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 *waljaną.

Verb

*walljan^[1]

to choose, to pick, to select

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*walljan
1st sg. past	*waldā
Infinitive	*walljan
Genitive infin.	*walljannjas
Dative infin.	*walljannjē
Instrum. infin.	*walljannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wallju	*waldā
2nd singular	*walisi	waldēs, waldōs
3rd singular	*waliþi	waldē, waldā
1st plural	*walljum	*waldum
2nd plural	*waliþ	*waldud
3rd plural	*walljanþ	*waldun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*walljē	*waldī
2nd singular	*walljēs	*waldī
3rd singular	*walljē	*waldī
1st plural	*walljēm	*waldīm
2nd plural	*walljēþ	*waldīd
3rd plural	*walljēn	*waldīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wali
Plural	*waliþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*walljandī	*wald

Descendants

Old Saxon: *welian
- Middle Low German: wēlen
  - Low German: wählen (perhaps influenced by High German)
Old Dutch: wellen
Old High German: wellen (inflected welit etc.)
- Middle High German: weln, welen, wellen
  - Bavarian: wäihn, wöhln, wöhn
  - German: wählen (influenced by Wahl)
    - → Low German: wählen
  - Luxembourgish: wielen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 74: “PWGmc *walʲlʲan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 74: “PWGmc *walʲlʲan”

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