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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līþan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *līþaną.
Verb
*līþan
- to go, to pass
- to suffer loss
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *līþan | |
| 1st sg. past | *laiþ | |
| 3rd pl. past | *lidun | |
| Past ptcple | *lidan | |
| Infinitive | *līþan | |
| Genitive infin. | *līþannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *līþannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *līþannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *līþu | *laiþ |
| 2nd singular | *līþiʀi | *lidī |
| 3rd singular | *līþidi | *laiþ |
| 1st plural | *līþum | *lidum |
| 2nd plural | *līþid | *lidud |
| 3rd plural | *līþand | *lidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *līþē | *lidī |
| 2nd singular | *līþēs | *lidī |
| 3rd singular | *līþē | *lidī |
| 1st plural | *līþēm | *lidīm |
| 2nd plural | *līþēþ | *lidīd |
| 3rd plural | *līþēn | *lidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *līþ | |
| Plural | *līþid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *līþandī | *lidan |
Related terms
- *laidijan
Descendants
- Old English: līþan
- Middle English: lithen
- Scots: lithe, lythe
- English: lithe
- Middle English: lithen
- Old Frisian: lītha
- Saterland Frisian: liede
- West Frisian: lyen, lye, lit, lije
- Old Saxon: līthan
- Middle Low German: lîden
- German Low German: lieden
- Middle Low German: lîden
- Old Dutch: līthan
- Middle Dutch: liden
- Dutch: lijden
- Limburgish: lieje
- Middle Dutch: liden
- Old High German: līdan
- Middle High German: līden
- Alemannic German: liide, lide
- German: leiden
- Hunsrik: leide
- Luxembourgish: leiden
- Middle High German: līden