Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glintaną

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *glintāną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend- (“to look, shine”), related to Proto-Slavic *ględati (“to look at”), Latvian glen̂st (“to scarcely perceive”), Old Irish asgleinn (“to examine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣlin.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*glintaną

1. to shine
2. to look

Inflection

Conjugation of *glintaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*glintō	*glintaų	—	*glintai	?
2nd singular	*glintizi	*glintaiz	*glint	*glintazai	*glintaizau
3rd singular	*glintidi	*glintai	*glintadau	*glintadai	*glintaidau
1st dual	*glintōz	*glintaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*glintadiz	*glintaidiz	*glintadiz	—	—
1st plural	*glintamaz	*glintaim	—	*glintandai	*glintaindau
2nd plural	*glintid	*glintaid	*glintid	*glintandai	*glintaindau
3rd plural	*glintandi	*glintain	*glintandau	*glintandai	*glintaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*glant	*gluntį̄
2nd singular	*glanst	*gluntīz
3rd singular	*glant	*gluntī
1st dual	*gluntū	*gluntīw
2nd dual	*gluntudiz	*gluntīdiz
1st plural	*gluntum	*gluntīm
2nd plural	*gluntud	*gluntīd
3rd plural	*gluntun	*gluntīn
	present	past
participles	*glintandz	*gluntanaz

Related terms

• *glantijaną
• *gluntāną
• *glut(t)ōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *glintan
  • Old High German: *glinzan
    • Middle High German: glinzen
• Old Norse: *gletta, *glinta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gletta
  • Swedish: glinta
  • → Middle English: glenten
    • English: glint
    • Scots: glint