< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īdalijan
 | This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *īdal (“idle, unused”) + *-jan.
Verb
*īdalijan
- to empty out, to make empty
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *īdalijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *īdalidā | |
| Infinitive | *īdalijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *īdalijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *īdalijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *īdalijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *īdaliju | *īdalidā |
| 2nd singular | *īdalisi | *īdalidēs, *īdalidōs |
| 3rd singular | *īdaliþi | *īdalidē, *īdalidā |
| 1st plural | *īdalijum | *īdalidum |
| 2nd plural | *īdaliþ | *īdalidud |
| 3rd plural | *īdalijanþ | *īdalidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *īdalijē | *īdalidī |
| 2nd singular | *īdalijēs | *īdalidī |
| 3rd singular | *īdalijē | *īdalidī |
| 1st plural | *īdalijēm | *īdalidīm |
| 2nd plural | *īdalijēþ | *īdalidīd |
| 3rd plural | *īdalijēn | *īdalidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *īdali | |
| Plural | *īdaliþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *īdalijandī | *īdalid |
Related terms
- *īdalēn
Descendants
Later descendants conflate this word with *īdalēn
- Old English: *īdlan
- Middle English: idelen
- English: idle
- Middle English: idelen
- Old Saxon: *īdalian
- Middle Low German: īdelen
- Old Dutch: *īdilen
- Middle Dutch: idelen
- Dutch: ijdelen
- Middle Dutch: idelen
- Old High German: ītalen
- Middle High German: ītelen, īteln
- German: eiteln
- Middle High German: ītelen, īteln