Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aliskōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Kroonen suggests a connection with *alaną (“to grow, rear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.li.skɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*aliskōną

1. (North Germanic) to tend to, to care for

Inflection

Conjugation of *aliskōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*aliskō	*aliskǭ	—	*aliskōi	?
2nd singular	*aliskōsi	*aliskōs	*aliskō	*aliskōsai	*aliskōsau
3rd singular	*aliskōþi	*aliskō	*aliskōþau	*aliskōþai	*aliskōþau
1st dual	*aliskōs	*aliskōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*aliskōþiz	*aliskōþiz	*aliskōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*aliskōmaz	*aliskōm	—	*aliskōnþai	*aliskōnþau
2nd plural	*aliskōþ	*aliskōþ	*aliskōþ	*aliskōnþai	*aliskōnþau
3rd plural	*aliskōnþi	*aliskōn	*aliskōnþau	*aliskōnþai	*aliskōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*aliskōdǭ	*aliskōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*aliskōdēz	*aliskōdēdīz
3rd singular	*aliskōdē	*aliskōdēdī
1st dual	*aliskōdēdū	*aliskōdēdīw
2nd dual	*aliskōdēdudiz	*aliskōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*aliskōdēdum	*aliskōdēdīm
2nd plural	*aliskōdēdud	*aliskōdēdīd
3rd plural	*aliskōdēdun	*aliskōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*aliskōndz	*aliskōdaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: elska, ælska
  • Icelandic: elska
  • Faroese: elska, alska
  • Norwegian Bokmål: elske
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elske, elska
  • Old Swedish: ælska
    • Swedish: älska
  • Danish: elske
  • → Scots: elsk (Shetlandic)