Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bihlastijan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *bi- +‎ *hlastijan (“to burden”).

Verb

*bihlastijan

to burden

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*bihlastijan
1st sg. past	*bihlastidā
Infinitive	*bihlastijan
Genitive infin.	*bihlastijannjas
Dative infin.	*bihlastijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*bihlastijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*bihlastiju	*bihlastidā
2nd singular	*bihlastisi	bihlastidēs, bihlastidōs
3rd singular	*bihlastiþi	bihlastidē, bihlastidā
1st plural	*bihlastijum	*bihlastidum
2nd plural	*bihlastiþ	*bihlastidud
3rd plural	*bihlastijanþ	*bihlastidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*bihlastijē	*bihlastidī
2nd singular	*bihlastijēs	*bihlastidī
3rd singular	*bihlastijē	*bihlastidī
1st plural	*bihlastijēm	*bihlastidīm
2nd plural	*bihlastijēþ	*bihlastidīd
3rd plural	*bihlastijēn	*bihlastidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*bihlasti
Plural	*bihlastiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*bihlastijandī	*bihlastid

Descendants

Old English: behlæstan
- English: belast
Old Frisian: *bihlesta
- West Frisian: belêste
Old Saxon: *bihlastian
- Middle Low German: belasten
Old Dutch: *bihlasten
- Middle Dutch: belasten
  - Dutch: belasten
Old High German: *bihslasten
- Middle High German: belasten
  - German: belasten