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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lunjaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *lunaz (“ransom”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlun.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*lunjaną[1]
- to save, to deliver, to release
Inflection
Conjugation of *lunjaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *lunjō | *lunjaų | — | *lunjai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *lunisi | *lunjais | *luni | *lunjasai | *lunjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *luniþi | *lunjai | *lunjaþau | *lunjaþai | *lunjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *lunjōs | *lunjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *lunjaþiz | *lunjaiþiz | *lunjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *lunjamaz | *lunjaim | — | *lunjanþai | *lunjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *luniþ | *lunjaiþ | *luniþ | *lunjanþai | *lunjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *lunjanþi | *lunjain | *lunjanþau | *lunjanþai | *lunjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *lunidǭ | *lunidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *lunidēz | *lunidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *lunidē | *lunidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *lunidēdū | *lunidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *lunidēdudiz | *lunidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *lunidēdum | *lunidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *lunidēdud | *lunidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *lunidēdun | *lunidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *lunjandz | *lunidaz | |||
Descendants
- ⇒ West Germanic: *uzlunnjan
- Old English: alynnan
- ⇒ Gothic: *𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*uslunjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (usluneins)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*lunjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 251