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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lingwan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lingwaną.
Verb
*lingwan
- to make progress, to succeed
Inflection
| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *lingwan | |
| 1st sg. past | *langw | |
| 3rd pl. past | *lungun | |
| Past ptcple | *lungan | |
| Infinitive | *lingwan | |
| Genitive infin. | *lingwannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *lingwannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *lingwannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *lingu | *langw |
| 2nd singular | *lingwiʀi | *lungī |
| 3rd singular | *lingwidi | *langw |
| 1st plural | *lingum | *lungum |
| 2nd plural | *lingwid | *lungud |
| 3rd plural | *lingwand | *lungun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *lingwē | *lungī |
| 2nd singular | *lingwēs | *lungī |
| 3rd singular | *lingwē | *lungī |
| 1st plural | *lingwēm | *lungīm |
| 2nd plural | *lingwēþ | *lungīd |
| 3rd plural | *lingwēn | *lungīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *lingw | |
| Plural | *lingwid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *lingwandī | *lungan |
Derived terms
- *galingwan
- Old Dutch: *gilingan
- Middle Dutch: gelingen
- Old High German: gilingan
- Middle High German: gelingen
- German: gelingen
- Luxembourgish: geléngen
- Yiddish: געלינגען (gelingen)
- Middle High German: gelingen
- Old Dutch: *gilingan
Descendants
- Old High German: lingan
- Middle High German: lingen
- German: lingen
- Middle High German: lingen