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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laþōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *laþōną.
Verb
*laþōn[1]
- to invite
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *laþōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *laþōdā | |
| Infinitive | *laþōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *laþōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *laþōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *laþōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *laþō | *laþōdā |
| 2nd singular | *laþōs | *laþōdēs, *laþōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *laþōþ | *laþōdē, *laþōdā |
| 1st plural | *laþōm | *laþōdum |
| 2nd plural | *laþōþ | *laþōdud |
| 3rd plural | *laþōnþ | *laþōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *laþō | *laþōdī |
| 2nd singular | *laþōs | *laþōdī |
| 3rd singular | *laþō | *laþōdī |
| 1st plural | *laþōm | *laþōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *laþōþ | *laþōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *laþōn | *laþōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *laþō | |
| Plural | *laþōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *laþōndī | *laþōd |
Descendants
- Old English: laþian
- Middle English: lathen
- English: lathe, laith
- Middle English: lathen
- Old Frisian: lathia, ladia
- Saterland Frisian: leede (in ienleede)
- Old Saxon: lathōn, laðōian
- Middle Low German: lāden
- Low German: laden
- Middle Low German: lāden
- Old Dutch: lathon
- Middle Dutch: lāden
- Old High German: ladōn
- Middle High German: laden
- German: laden (chiefly einladen, vorladen) (fully conflated with *hlaþaną)
- Middle High German: laden
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190: “PWGmc *laþōn”