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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laudijan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *laud (“lead”) + *-jan.
Verb
*laudijan
- to use lead
- to make out of lead
- to cover with lead
Inflection
Class 1 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *laudijan | |
1st sg. past | *laudidā | |
Infinitive | *laudijan | |
Genitive infin. | *laudijannjas | |
Dative infin. | *laudijannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *laudijannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *laudiju | *laudidā |
2nd singular | *laudisi | *laudidēs, *laudidōs |
3rd singular | *laudiþi | *laudidē, *laudidā |
1st plural | *laudijum | *laudidum |
2nd plural | *laudiþ | *laudidud |
3rd plural | *laudijanþ | *laudidun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *laudijē | *laudidī |
2nd singular | *laudijēs | *laudidī |
3rd singular | *laudijē | *laudidī |
1st plural | *laudijēm | *laudidīm |
2nd plural | *laudijēþ | *laudidīd |
3rd plural | *laudijēn | *laudidīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *laudi | |
Plural | *laudiþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *laudijandī | *laudid |
Descendants
- Old English: *līedan
- Middle English: leden
- English: lead
- Middle English: leden
- Old Frisian: *lēda
- West Frisian: leadzje (the class 2 inflection is unexpected, possibly reshaped)
- Old Saxon: *lōdian
- Middle Low German: lȫden
- Old Dutch: *lōden
- Middle Dutch: lôden
- Dutch: loden
- Middle Dutch: lôden
- Old High German: lōten
- Middle High German: löten
- German: löten
- Middle High German: löten