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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īdalēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *īdal (“idle, unused”) + *-ēn.
Verb
*īdalēn
- to become empty
- to become useless
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *īdalēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *īdal?dā | |
| Infinitive | *īdalēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *īdalēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *īdalēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *īdalēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *īdalē | *īdal?dā |
| 2nd singular | *īdalēs | *īdal?dēs, *īdal?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *īdalēþ | *īdal?dē, *īdal?dā |
| 1st plural | *īdalēm | *īdal?dum |
| 2nd plural | *īdalēþ | *īdal?dud |
| 3rd plural | *īdalēnþ | *īdal?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *īdalē | *īdal?dī |
| 2nd singular | *īdalēs | *īdal?dī |
| 3rd singular | *īdalē | *īdal?dī |
| 1st plural | *īdalēm | *īdal?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *īdalēþ | *īdal?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *īdalēn | *īdal?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *īdalē | |
| Plural | *īdalēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *īdalēndī | *īdal?d |
Related terms
- *īdalijan
Descendants
Later descendants conflate this word with *īdalijan
- Old English: īdlian
- Middle English: idelen
- English: idle
- Middle English: idelen
- Old Saxon: *īdalōn
- Middle Low German: īdelen
- Old Dutch: *īdilen
- Middle Dutch: idelen
- Dutch: ijdelen
- Middle Dutch: idelen
- Old High German: *ītalēn
- Middle High German: ītelen, īteln
- German: eiteln
- ⇒ Old High German: irītalēn
- Middle High German: ītelen, īteln