Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waltijan

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 *waltijaną.

Verb

*waltijan^[1]

to (make) roll

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*waltijan
1st sg. past	*waltidā
Infinitive	*waltijan
Genitive infin.	*waltijannjas
Dative infin.	*waltijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*waltijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*waltiju	*waltidā
2nd singular	*waltisi	waltidēs, waltidōs
3rd singular	*waltiþi	waltidē, waltidā
1st plural	*waltijum	*waltidum
2nd plural	*waltiþ	*waltidud
3rd plural	*waltijanþ	*waltidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*waltijē	*waltidī
2nd singular	*waltijēs	*waltidī
3rd singular	*waltijē	*waltidī
1st plural	*waltijēm	*waltidīm
2nd plural	*waltijēþ	*waltidīd
3rd plural	*waltijēn	*waltidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*walti
Plural	*waltiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*waltijandī	*waltid

Descendants

Old English: wæltan, weltan, *wieltan, wyltan, wiltan
- Middle English: welten, walten
  - Scots: welt, walt
  - English: welt, walt
Old Saxon: weltian
- Middle Low German: walten, wölten; walteren, wolteren
  - German Low German: weltern, wältern
Old Dutch: *welten
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: welteren
  - Dutch: welteren
Old High German: welzen
- Middle High German: welzen
  - German: wälzen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 243: “PWGmc *waltijan, *waltiþi”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 243: “PWGmc *waltijan, *waltiþi”

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