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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glintan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *glintaną.
Verb
*glintan
- (Elbe Germanic) to shine
- (Elbe Germanic) to look
Inflection
| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *glintan | |
| 1st sg. past | *glant | |
| 3rd pl. past | *gluntun | |
| Past ptcple | *gluntan | |
| Infinitive | *glintan | |
| Genitive infin. | *glintannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *glintannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *glintannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *glintu | *glant |
| 2nd singular | *glintiʀi | *gluntī |
| 3rd singular | *glintidi | *glant |
| 1st plural | *glintum | *gluntum |
| 2nd plural | *glintid | *gluntud |
| 3rd plural | *glintand | *gluntun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *glintē | *gluntī |
| 2nd singular | *glintēs | *gluntī |
| 3rd singular | *glintē | *gluntī |
| 1st plural | *glintēm | *gluntīm |
| 2nd plural | *glintēþ | *gluntīd |
| 3rd plural | *glintēn | *gluntīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *glint | |
| Plural | *glintid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *glintandī | *gluntan |
Related terms
- *glant
- *glotōn
Descendants
- Old High German: *glinzan
- Middle High German: glinzen
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*glintan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181