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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/walljan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *waljaną.
Verb
*walljan[1]
- to choose, to pick, to select
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *walljan | |
| 1st sg. past | *waldā | |
| Infinitive | *walljan | |
| Genitive infin. | *walljannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *walljannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *walljannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wallju | *waldā |
| 2nd singular | *walisi | *waldēs, *waldōs |
| 3rd singular | *waliþi | *waldē, *waldā |
| 1st plural | *walljum | *waldum |
| 2nd plural | *waliþ | *waldud |
| 3rd plural | *walljanþ | *waldun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *walljē | *waldī |
| 2nd singular | *walljēs | *waldī |
| 3rd singular | *walljē | *waldī |
| 1st plural | *walljēm | *waldīm |
| 2nd plural | *walljēþ | *waldīd |
| 3rd plural | *walljēn | *waldīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *wali | |
| Plural | *waliþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *walljandī | *wald |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *welian
- Middle Low German: wēlen
- Low German: wählen (perhaps influenced by High German)
- Middle Low German: wēlen
- Old Dutch: wellen
- Old High German: wellen
- German: wollen; wählen (influenced by Wahl)
- → Low German: wählen
- Luxembourgish: wielen
- German: wollen; wählen (influenced by Wahl)
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 74: “PWGmc *walʲlʲan”