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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lagōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Possibly derived from *lagą (“law, situation, shape”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.ɣɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*lagōną[1]
- to establish, to fasten
- to fix, to mend
Inflection
Conjugation of *lagōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *lagō | *lagǭ | — | *lagōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *lagōsi | *lagōs | *lagō | *lagōsai | *lagōsau |
| 3rd singular | *lagōþi | *lagō | *lagōþau | *lagōþai | *lagōþau |
| 1st dual | *lagōs | *lagōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *lagōþiz | *lagōþiz | *lagōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *lagōmaz | *lagōm | — | *lagōnþai | *lagōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *lagōþ | *lagōþ | *lagōþ | *lagōnþai | *lagōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *lagōnþi | *lagōn | *lagōnþau | *lagōnþai | *lagōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *lagōdǭ | *lagōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *lagōdēz | *lagōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *lagōdē | *lagōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *lagōdēdū | *lagōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *lagōdēdudiz | *lagōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *lagōdēdum | *lagōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *lagōdēdud | *lagōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *lagōdēdun | *lagōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *lagōndz | *lagōdaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *lagōn
- Old English: lagian
- Old Frisian: lagia
- Old Norse: laga
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*lagōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 231