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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lauþrijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *lauþrą (“soap”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑʊ̯.θri.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*lauþrijaną
- to soap
- to wash, to clean
Inflection
Conjugation of *lauþrijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *lauþrijō | *lauþrijaų | — | *lauþrijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *lauþrīsi | *lauþrijais | *lauþrī | *lauþrijasai | *lauþrijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *lauþrīþi | *lauþrijai | *lauþrijaþau | *lauþrijaþai | *lauþrijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *lauþrijōs | *lauþrijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *lauþrijaþiz | *lauþrijaiþiz | *lauþrijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *lauþrijamaz | *lauþrijaim | — | *lauþrijanþai | *lauþrijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *lauþrīþ | *lauþrijaiþ | *lauþrīþ | *lauþrijanþai | *lauþrijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *lauþrijanþi | *lauþrijain | *lauþrijanþau | *lauþrijanþai | *lauþrijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *lauþridǭ | *lauþridēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *lauþridēz | *lauþridēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *lauþridē | *lauþridēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *lauþridēdū | *lauþridēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *lauþridēdudiz | *lauþridēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *lauþridēdum | *lauþridēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *lauþridēdud | *lauþridēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *lauþridēdun | *lauþridēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *lauþrijandz | *lauþridaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *lauþrijan
- Old English: líeþran
- Middle English: letheren
- English: lather
- Middle English: letheren
- Old English: líeþran
- Old Norse: leyðra
- Swedish: löddra, loddra