Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leskaną

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

Thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-sḱé-ti, sḱe-present to *legʰ- (“to lie down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈles.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*leskaną

1. to cease, to stop
2. to quench

Inflection

Conjugation of *leskaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*leskō	*leskaų	—	*leskai	?
2nd singular	*liskizi	*leskaiz	*lesk	*leskazai	*leskaizau
3rd singular	*liskidi	*leskai	*leskadau	*leskadai	*leskaidau
1st dual	*leskōz	*leskaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*leskadiz	*leskaidiz	*leskadiz	—	—
1st plural	*leskamaz	*leskaim	—	*leskandai	*leskaindau
2nd plural	*liskid	*leskaid	*liskid	*leskandai	*leskaindau
3rd plural	*leskandi	*leskain	*leskandau	*leskandai	*leskaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lask	*luskį̄
2nd singular	*last	*luskīz
3rd singular	*lask	*luskī
1st dual	*luskū	*luskīw
2nd dual	*luskudiz	*luskīdiz
1st plural	*luskum	*luskīm
2nd plural	*luskud	*luskīd
3rd plural	*luskun	*luskīn
	present	past
participles	*leskandz	*luskanaz

Derived terms

• *laskijaną

Related terms

• *ligjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *leskan
  • Old Saxon: leskan
    • Middle Low German: leschen
      • → Swedish: läska
  • Old Dutch: *lescan
    • Middle Dutch: lesschen
      • Dutch: lessen
        • Afrikaans: les
  • Old High German: leskan
    • Middle High German: leschen
      • German: löschen
      • Yiddish: לעשן (leshn)