Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glitrōną

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

Possibly from either unattested *glitiz +‎ *-rōną, from *ǵʰlid-í-s, or *glitraz +‎ *-ōną, from *ǵʰlid-ró-s, both from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleyd-, from *ǵʰley- (“to shine”).

Verb

*glitrōną

1. to shine, glisten, glitter

Inflection

Conjugation of *glitrōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*glitrō	*glitrǭ	—	*glitrōi	?
2nd singular	*glitrōsi	*glitrōs	*glitrō	*glitrōsai	*glitrōsau
3rd singular	*glitrōþi	*glitrō	*glitrōþau	*glitrōþai	*glitrōþau
1st dual	*glitrōs	*glitrōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*glitrōþiz	*glitrōþiz	*glitrōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*glitrōmaz	*glitrōm	—	*glitrōnþai	*glitrōnþau
2nd plural	*glitrōþ	*glitrōþ	*glitrōþ	*glitrōnþai	*glitrōnþau
3rd plural	*glitrōnþi	*glitrōn	*glitrōnþau	*glitrōnþai	*glitrōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*glitrōdǭ	*glitrōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*glitrōdēz	*glitrōdēdīz
3rd singular	*glitrōdē	*glitrōdēdī
1st dual	*glitrōdēdū	*glitrōdēdīw
2nd dual	*glitrōdēdudiz	*glitrōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*glitrōdēdum	*glitrōdēdīm
2nd plural	*glitrōdēdud	*glitrōdēdīd
3rd plural	*glitrōdēdun	*glitrōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*glitrōndz	*glitrōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *glitrōn
  • Old High German: *glizarōn
    • Middle High German: glitzern
      • German: glitzern
• Old Norse: glitra
  • Faroese: glitra
  • Icelandic: glitra
  • Norn: glitra
  • Norwegian: glitre
  • Swedish: glittra
  • → Middle English: gliteren
    • English: glitter