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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smaltijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *smeltaną (“to melt”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmɑl.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*smaltijaną
- (transitive) to melt, to cause to melt
Inflection
Conjugation of *smaltijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *smaltijō | *smaltijaų | — | *smaltijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *smaltīsi | *smaltijais | *smaltī | *smaltijasai | *smaltijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *smaltīþi | *smaltijai | *smaltijaþau | *smaltijaþai | *smaltijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *smaltijōs | *smaltijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *smaltijaþiz | *smaltijaiþiz | *smaltijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *smaltijamaz | *smaltijaim | — | *smaltijanþai | *smaltijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *smaltīþ | *smaltijaiþ | *smaltīþ | *smaltijanþai | *smaltijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *smaltijanþi | *smaltijain | *smaltijanþau | *smaltijanþai | *smaltijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *smaltidǭ | *smaltidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *smaltidēz | *smaltidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *smaltidē | *smaltidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *smaltidēdū | *smaltidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *smaltidēdudiz | *smaltidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *smaltidēdum | *smaltidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *smaltidēdud | *smaltidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *smaltidēdun | *smaltidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *smaltijandz | *smaltidaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *smaltijan
- Old Frisian: *smelta
- Saterland Frisian: smilte
- West Frisian: smelte, smeltsje
- Old Saxon: *smeltian
- Middle Low German: smelten
- Low German: smölten
- Middle Low German: smelten
- Old Dutch: *smelten
- Middle Dutch: smelten
- Dutch: smelten
- Afrikaans: smelt
- Berbice Creole Dutch: smelti
- Negerhollands: smelt
- → English: smelt
- Limburgish: smöltje
- Dutch: smelten
- Middle Dutch: smelten
- Old High German: smelzen
- Middle High German: smelzen
- German: schmelzen
- Luxembourgish: schmëlzen
- Middle High German: smelzen
- Old Frisian: *smelta
- Old Norse: smelta
- Icelandic: smelta
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: smelte
- Norwegian Nynorsk: smelta
- Old Swedish: smælta
- Swedish: smälta
- Danish: smelte