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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hailattjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *hail + *-attjan.
Verb
*hailattjan[1]
- to hail, to greet
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *hailattjan | |
| Infinitive | *hailattjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *hailattjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *hailattjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *hailattjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *hailattju | *hailattā |
| 2nd singular | *hailatisi | *hailattēs, *hailattōs |
| 3rd singular | *hailatiþi | *hailattē, *hailattā |
| 1st plural | *hailattjum | *hailattum |
| 2nd plural | *hailatiþ | *hailattud |
| 3rd plural | *hailattjanþ | *hailattun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *hailattjē | *hailattī |
| 2nd singular | *hailattjēs | *hailattī |
| 3rd singular | *hailattjē | *hailattī |
| 1st plural | *hailattjēm | *hailattīm |
| 2nd plural | *hailattjēþ | *hailattīd |
| 3rd plural | *hailattjēn | *hailattīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *hailati | |
| Plural | *hailatiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *hailattjandī | *hailatt |
Descendants
- Old English: hālettan
- Old High German: heilezzen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “*hailatʲtʲan”