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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linhtijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *linhtaz (“light, having little weight”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlinx.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*linhtijaną[1]
- to make light
- to make easy
Inflection
Conjugation of *linhtijaną (weak class 1)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *linhtijō | *linhtijaų | — | *linhtijai | *? |
2nd singular | *linhtīsi | *linhtijais | *linhtī | *linhtijasai | *linhtijaisau |
3rd singular | *linhtīþi | *linhtijai | *linhtijaþau | *linhtijaþai | *linhtijaiþau |
1st dual | *linhtijōs | *linhtijaiw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *linhtijaþiz | *linhtijaiþiz | *linhtijaþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *linhtijamaz | *linhtijaim | — | *linhtijanþai | *linhtijainþau |
2nd plural | *linhtīþ | *linhtijaiþ | *linhtīþ | *linhtijanþai | *linhtijainþau |
3rd plural | *linhtijanþi | *linhtijain | *linhtijanþau | *linhtijanþai | *linhtijainþau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *linhtidǭ | *linhtidēdį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *linhtidēz | *linhtidēdīz | |||
3rd singular | *linhtidē | *linhtidēdī | |||
1st dual | *linhtidēdū | *linhtidēdīw | |||
2nd dual | *linhtidēdudiz | *linhtidēdīdiz | |||
1st plural | *linhtidēdum | *linhtidēdīm | |||
2nd plural | *linhtidēdud | *linhtidēdīd | |||
3rd plural | *linhtidēdun | *linhtidēdīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *linhtijandz | *linhtidaz |
Descendants
- West Germanic: *lį̄htijan
- Old English: lȳhtan (late)
- English: light
- Old Frisian: līchta
- West Frisian: lichte
- Old Saxon: *līhtian
- Middle Low German: lichten
- Old Dutch: *līhten
- Middle Dutch: lichten
- Dutch: lichten
- Middle Dutch: lichten
- Old High German: līhten
- Middle High German: līhten
- Old English: lȳhtan (late)
- Old Norse: létta
- Icelandic: létta
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lette
- Nynorsk: lette, letta
- Danish: lette
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*lenxwtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 241