Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lattjan

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Equivalent to *lat (slow, lazy) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

[edit]

*lattjan[1]

  1. to hinder

Inflection

[edit]
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *lattjan
1st sg. past *lattā
Infinitive *lattjan
Genitive infin. *lattjannjas
Dative infin. *lattjannjē
Instrum. infin. *lattjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *lattju *lattā
2nd singular *latisi *lattēs, *lattōs
3rd singular *latiþi *lattē, *lattā
1st plural *lattjum *lattum
2nd plural *latiþ *lattud
3rd plural *lattjanþ *lattun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *lattjē *lattī
2nd singular *lattjēs *lattī
3rd singular *lattjē *lattī
1st plural *lattjēm *lattīm
2nd plural *lattjēþ *lattīd
3rd plural *lattjēn *lattīn
Imperative Present
Singular *lati
Plural *latiþ
Present Past
Participle *lattjandī *latt

Descendants

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 72:PWGmc *lāttē ‘hindered’