< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galīkāną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *ga- + *līkāną.
Verb
*galīkāną
- to please
Inflection
Conjugation of *galīkāną (weak class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *galīkō | *? | — | *? | *? |
| 2nd singular | *galīkaisi | *? | *galīkai | *galīkāsai | *? |
| 3rd singular | *galīkaiþi | *? | *galīkāþau | *galīkāþai | *? |
| 1st dual | *galīkōs | *? | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *galīkāþiz | *? | *galīkāþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *galīkāmaz | *? | — | *galīkānþai | *? |
| 2nd plural | *galīkaiþ | *? | *galīkaiþ | *galīkānþai | *? |
| 3rd plural | *galīkānþi | *? | *galīkānþau | *galīkānþai | *? |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *galīkadǭ | *galīkadēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *galīkadēz | *galīkadēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *galīkadē | *galīkadēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *galīkadēdū | *galīkadēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *galīkadēdudiz | *galīkadēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *galīkadēdum | *galīkadēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *galīkadēdud | *galīkadēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *galīkadēdun | *galīkadēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *galīkāndz | *galīkadaz | |||
Usage notes
Judging from Gothic evidence, the difference between the base verb *līkāną and this verb seems to have only been one of transitivity. The former could take an object in the dative, while the latter was intransitive only. Other than that the meanings were pretty much identical.
Descendants
This verb often merged with *līkāną. Below are listed only those that might have descended from this verb.
- Old English: ġelīcian
- Old Norse: líka (*ga- was often lost in Old Norse)
- Icelandic: líka
- Faroese: líka
- Norwegian: like
- Swedish: lika
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (galeikan)