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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līkinōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unclear, possibly from *līką (“body, shape”) + *-inōną or *līkinō (“mercy, recovery”) + *-ōną, or a merger of both. West Germanic only has the meaning "to compare", whereas Nordic also has the meanings "to show mercy" and "to care for".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliː.ki.nɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*līkinōną[1]
- to compare
- to show mercy
- to care for
Inflection
Conjugation of *līkinōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *līkinō | *līkinǭ | — | *līkinōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *līkinōsi | *līkinōs | *līkinō | *līkinōsai | *līkinōsau |
| 3rd singular | *līkinōþi | *līkinō | *līkinōþau | *līkinōþai | *līkinōþau |
| 1st dual | *līkinōs | *līkinōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *līkinōþiz | *līkinōþiz | *līkinōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *līkinōmaz | *līkinōm | — | *līkinōnþai | *līkinōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *līkinōþ | *līkinōþ | *līkinōþ | *līkinōnþai | *līkinōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *līkinōnþi | *līkinōn | *līkinōnþau | *līkinōnþai | *līkinōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *līkinōdǭ | *līkinōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *līkinōdēz | *līkinōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *līkinōdē | *līkinōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *līkinōdēdū | *līkinōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *līkinōdēdudiz | *līkinōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *līkinōdēdum | *līkinōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *līkinōdēdud | *līkinōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *līkinōdēdun | *līkinōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *līkinōndz | *līkinōdaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *līkinōn
- Old Frisian: līknia
- Old Saxon: *līkinōn
- Middle Low German: līkenen
- Old High German: *līhhinōn
- ⇒ Old High German: gilīhhinōn
- Old Norse: líkna
- Icelandic: líkna
- Faroese: líkna
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*līkenōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 248