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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hellaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, make noise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxel.lɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*hellaną
- to resound, make a sound
Inflection
Conjugation of *hellaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *hellō | *hellaų | — | *hellai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *hillizi | *hellaiz | *hell | *hellazai | *hellaizau |
| 3rd singular | *hillidi | *hellai | *helladau | *helladai | *hellaidau |
| 1st dual | *hellōz | *hellaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *helladiz | *hellaidiz | *helladiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *hellamaz | *hellaim | — | *hellandai | *hellaindau |
| 2nd plural | *hillid | *hellaid | *hillid | *hellandai | *hellaindau |
| 3rd plural | *hellandi | *hellain | *hellandau | *hellandai | *hellaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *hall | *hullį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *hallt | *hullīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *hall | *hullī | |||
| 1st dual | *hullū | *hullīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *hulludiz | *hullīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *hullum | *hullīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *hullud | *hullīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *hullun | *hullīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *hellandz | *hullanaz | |||
Related terms
- *halliz
See also
- *skellaną
Descendants
- Old English: *hiellan (attested as hieldon (plural past tense) < *hallijaną)
- Old Dutch: *hellan
- Middle Dutch: hellen
- Old High German: hellan
- Middle High German: hellen
- German: hellen
- Middle High German: hellen