Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lesaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”). Cognate with Lithuanian lèsti (“to pick, peck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lesaną

1. to gather, collect

Inflection

Conjugation of *lesaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lesō	*lesaų	—	*lesai	?
2nd singular	*lisizi	*lesaiz	*les	*lesazai	*lesaizau
3rd singular	*lisidi	*lesai	*lesadau	*lesadai	*lesaidau
1st dual	*lesōz	*lesaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lesadiz	*lesaidiz	*lesadiz	—	—
1st plural	*lesamaz	*lesaim	—	*lesandai	*lesaindau
2nd plural	*lisid	*lesaid	*lisid	*lesandai	*lesaindau
3rd plural	*lesandi	*lesain	*lesandau	*lesandai	*lesaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*las	*lēzį̄
2nd singular	*last	*lēzīz
3rd singular	*las	*lēzī
1st dual	*lēzū	*lēzīw
2nd dual	*lēzudiz	*lēzīdiz
1st plural	*lēzum	*lēzīm
2nd plural	*lēzud	*lēzīd
3rd plural	*lēzun	*lēzīn
	present	past
participles	*lesandz	*lezanaz

Derived terms

• *lēziz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lesan
  • Old English: lesan
    • Middle English: lesen
      • Scots: lease
      • English: lease
  • Old Frisian: lesa
    • Saterland Frisian: leze
    • West Frisian: lêze
  • Old Saxon: lesan
    • Middle Low German: lēsen
      • Dutch Low Saxon: lezen
      • German Low German: lesen, läsen
      • Plautdietsch: läsen
  • Old Dutch: lesan
    • Middle Dutch: lēsen
      • Dutch: lezen
        • Afrikaans: lees
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: lesi
        • Javindo: lesen
        • Jersey Dutch: lêze
        • Negerhollands: lees
        • → Lokono: alesedin
        • →? Mahican: lesówu
        • → Papiamentu: lesa, leza
        • → Sranan Tongo: leisi
          • Aukan: leisi
          • Saramaccan: lési
          • → Caribbean Javanese: lési
          • → Kari'na: resima
      • Limburgish: laeze, leuze
  • Old High German: lesan
    • Middle High German: lësen
      • Alemannic German: läse, lääse
      • Bavarian: lesn

        Cimbrian: lesan, lèzan (Sette Comuni)

      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: lese

      • German: lesen
      • Luxembourgish: liesen
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Pennsylvania German: lese

      • Vilamovian: łaoza
• Old Norse: lesa
  • Icelandic: lesa
  • Faroese: lesa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lese
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lesa
  • Old Swedish: læsa
    • Swedish: läsa
  • Old Danish: læsæ
    • Danish: læse
  • Elfdalian: leså
  • Gutnish: läse
  • Scanian: læsa
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (lisan)