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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lusōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *lusaz (“loose, free”) + *-ōną, or from *lusą (“loss”) + *-ōną
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.sɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*lusōną[1]
- to loosen, to free
- to lose
Inflection
Conjugation of *lusōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *lusō | *lusǭ | — | *lusōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *lusōsi | *lusōs | *lusō | *lusōsai | *lusōsau |
| 3rd singular | *lusōþi | *lusō | *lusōþau | *lusōþai | *lusōþau |
| 1st dual | *lusōs | *lusōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *lusōþiz | *lusōþiz | *lusōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *lusōmaz | *lusōm | — | *lusōnþai | *lusōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *lusōþ | *lusōþ | *lusōþ | *lusōnþai | *lusōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *lusōnþi | *lusōn | *lusōnþau | *lusōnþai | *lusōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *lusōdǭ | *lusōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *lusōdēz | *lusōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *lusōdē | *lusōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *lusōdēdū | *lusōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *lusōdēdudiz | *lusōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *lusōdēdum | *lusōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *lusōdēdud | *lusōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *lusōdēdun | *lusōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *lusōndz | *lusōdaz | |||
Related terms
- *lausaz
- *lausijaną
Descendants
- West Germanic: *losōn
- Old English: losian
- Middle English: losen
- English: lose
- Middle English: losen
- Old Saxon: *losōn
- Middle Low German: lossen, lössen (backformed to the adjective)
- → German: löschen
- Middle Low German: lossen, lössen (backformed to the adjective)
- Old Dutch: *loson
- Middle Dutch: lossen (backformed to the adjective)
- Dutch: lossen
- Middle Dutch: lossen (backformed to the adjective)
- Old High German: losōn
- Middle High German: losen
- Old English: losian
- Old Norse: losa
- Icelandic: losa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lòse, lòsa
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*lusōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 251