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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maþlijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *maþlą + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑθ.li.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*maþlijaną
- to speak
Inflection
Conjugation of *maþlijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *maþlijō | *maþlijaų | — | *maþlijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *maþlīsi | *maþlijais | *maþlī | *maþlijasai | *maþlijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *maþlīþi | *maþlijai | *maþlijaþau | *maþlijaþai | *maþlijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *maþlijōs | *maþlijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *maþlijaþiz | *maþlijaiþiz | *maþlijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *maþlijamaz | *maþlijaim | — | *maþlijanþai | *maþlijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *maþlīþ | *maþlijaiþ | *maþlīþ | *maþlijanþai | *maþlijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *maþlijanþi | *maþlijain | *maþlijanþau | *maþlijanþai | *maþlijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *maþlidǭ | *maþlidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *maþlidēz | *maþlidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *maþlidē | *maþlidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *maþlidēdū | *maþlidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *maþlidēdudiz | *maþlidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *maþlidēdum | *maþlidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *maþlidēdud | *maþlidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *maþlidēdun | *maþlidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *maþlijandz | *maþlidaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: maþelian, mæþlan, mǣlan,
- Middle English: mathelen, meathelen, mēadelen, mēlen, malen
- English: mell
- Middle English: mathelen, meathelen, mēadelen, mēlen, malen
- Old Saxon: mahlian
- Frankish:
- Late Latin: admallāre
- Old High German: mahalen
- Middle High German: mehelen
- German: vermählen
- Middle High German: mehelen
- Old Norse: mæla
- Icelandic: mæla
- Faroese: mæla
- Norwegian: mæle
- Old Swedish: mæla, mælla
- Swedish: mäla
- Old Danish: mælæ
- Danish: mæle
- Westrobothnian: meel
- Gutnish: melä
- Scanian: mæla, møla, mælla
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maþljan)
- Crimean Gothic: malthata