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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lahaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lok-. Compare Old Irish locht (“fault, vice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.xɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*lahaną
- to blame, fault, reproach
Inflection
Conjugation of *lahaną (strong class 6)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *lahō | *lahaų | — | *lahai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *lahizi | *lahaiz | *lah | *lahazai | *lahaizau |
| 3rd singular | *lahidi | *lahai | *lahadau | *lahadai | *lahaidau |
| 1st dual | *lahōz | *lahaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *lahadiz | *lahaidiz | *lahadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *lahamaz | *lahaim | — | *lahandai | *lahaindau |
| 2nd plural | *lahid | *lahaid | *lahid | *lahandai | *lahaindau |
| 3rd plural | *lahandi | *lahain | *lahandau | *lahandai | *lahaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *lōg | *lōgį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *lōht | *lōgīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *lōg | *lōgī | |||
| 1st dual | *lōgū | *lōgīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *lōgudiz | *lōgīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *lōgum | *lōgīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *lōgud | *lōgīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *lōgun | *lōgīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *lahandz | *laganaz | |||
Related terms
- *lahstuz
- *lahstraz
- *lahtrą/*lahtraz
- *lakkōną/*lakōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *lahan
- Old English: lēan
- Middle English: *lēen (attested in past tense lough)
- Old Saxon: lahan
- Old High German: lahan
- Old English: lēan
- Old Norse: *lá
- Icelandic: lá
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (laian)
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN