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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līmijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *līmaz (“glue”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliː.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*līmijaną
- to adhere
- to glue together
Inflection
Conjugation of *līmijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *līmijō | *līmijaų | — | *līmijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *līmīsi | *līmijais | *līmī | *līmijasai | *līmijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *līmīþi | *līmijai | *līmijaþau | *līmijaþai | *līmijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *līmijōs | *līmijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *līmijaþiz | *līmijaiþiz | *līmijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *līmijamaz | *līmijaim | — | *līmijanþai | *līmijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *līmīþ | *līmijaiþ | *līmīþ | *līmijanþai | *līmijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *līmijanþi | *līmijain | *līmijanþau | *līmijanþai | *līmijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *līmidǭ | *līmidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *līmidēz | *līmidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *līmidē | *līmidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *līmidēdū | *līmidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *līmidēdudiz | *līmidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *līmidēdum | *līmidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *līmidēdud | *līmidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *līmidēdun | *līmidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *līmijandz | *līmidaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *līmijan
- Old English: līman
- Middle English: limen
- English: lime
- Middle English: limen
- Old Frisian: *līma
- West Frisian: lymje, lime
- Old Saxon: *līmian
- Middle Low German: limen
- Old Dutch: *līmen
- Middle Dutch: limen
- Dutch: lijmen
- Limburgish: lieme
- Middle Dutch: limen
- Old High German: līmen
- Middle High German: līmen
- German: leimen
- Middle High German: līmen
- Old English: līman
- Old Norse: líma
- Icelandic: líma
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: lime
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lime, lima
- Swedish: limma
- Danish: lime