Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hailagōną

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 reconstruction

• *hailgōną

Etymology

From *hailagaz (“holy”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑi̯.lɑ.ɣɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hailagōną

1. to hallow, to make holy, to sanctify

Inflection

Conjugation of *hailagōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hailagō	*hailagǭ	—	*hailagōi	?
2nd singular	*hailagōsi	*hailagōs	*hailagō	*hailagōsai	*hailagōsau
3rd singular	*hailagōþi	*hailagō	*hailagōþau	*hailagōþai	*hailagōþau
1st dual	*hailagōs	*hailagōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hailagōþiz	*hailagōþiz	*hailagōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hailagōmaz	*hailagōm	—	*hailagōnþai	*hailagōnþau
2nd plural	*hailagōþ	*hailagōþ	*hailagōþ	*hailagōnþai	*hailagōnþau
3rd plural	*hailagōnþi	*hailagōn	*hailagōnþau	*hailagōnþai	*hailagōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hailagōdǭ	*hailagōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*hailagōdēz	*hailagōdēdīz
3rd singular	*hailagōdē	*hailagōdēdī
1st dual	*hailagōdēdū	*hailagōdēdīw
2nd dual	*hailagōdēdudiz	*hailagōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*hailagōdēdum	*hailagōdēdīm
2nd plural	*hailagōdēdud	*hailagōdēdīd
3rd plural	*hailagōdēdun	*hailagōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*hailagōndz	*hailagōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hailagōn
  • Old English: *hālegian, hāligian, hālgian
    • Middle English: halwen
      • English: hallow
      • Scots: halow, hallow
  • Old Frisian: hēligia
    • Saterland Frisian: heligje
    • West Frisian: hilligje
  • Old Saxon: hēlagon
    • Middle Low German: hilligen, hilgen, helligen, hêiligen
      • German Low German: hilligen
  • Old Dutch: *heiligon
    • Middle Dutch: heiligen, hēligen
      • Dutch: heiligen
        • Afrikaans: heilig
  • Old High German: heilagon
    • Middle High German: heiligen
      • German: heiligen
        • → Danish: hellige
• Old Norse: helga
  • Icelandic: helga
  • Faroese: halga
  • Norwegian: hellige
  • Old Swedish: hælgha
    • Swedish: helga
  • Danish: hellige