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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/limpan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *limpaną.
Verb
*limpan[1]
- to turn out well
Inflection
| Class 3 strong | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *limpan | |
| 1st sg. past | *lamp | |
| 3rd pl. past | *lumpun | |
| Past ptcple | *lumpan | |
| Infinitive | *limpan | |
| Genitive infin. | *limpannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *limpannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *limpannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *limpu | *lamp |
| 2nd singular | *limpiʀi | *lumpī |
| 3rd singular | *limpidi | *lamp |
| 1st plural | *limpum | *lumpum |
| 2nd plural | *limpid | *lumpud |
| 3rd plural | *limpand | *lumpun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *limpē | *lumpī |
| 2nd singular | *limpēs | *lumpī |
| 3rd singular | *limpē | *lumpī |
| 1st plural | *limpēm | *lumpīm |
| 2nd plural | *limpēþ | *lumpīd |
| 3rd plural | *limpēn | *lumpīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *limp | |
| Plural | *limpid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *limpandī | *lumpan |
Descendants
- Old English: limpan
- Middle English: lympen, limpen
- Scots: limp
- English: limp
- Middle English: lympen, limpen
- Old Frisian: limpa
- Old Saxon: limpan
- Low German: limpen, gelimpen
- Old High German: limpfan, limphan
- Middle High German: limpfen, limfen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*limpan”