Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leustaną

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

Probably derived from the Proto-Indo-European *lew-s- (“loose, loosen”) in *lausaz, *fraleusaną, with the original connotation of knocking something loose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleu̯s.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*leustaną

1. to strike, hit

Inflection

Conjugation of *leustaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*leustō	*leustaų	—	*leustai	?
2nd singular	*liustizi	*leustaiz	*leust	*leustazai	*leustaizau
3rd singular	*liustidi	*leustai	*leustadau	*leustadai	*leustaidau
1st dual	*leustōz	*leustaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*leustadiz	*leustaidiz	*leustadiz	—	—
1st plural	*leustamaz	*leustaim	—	*leustandai	*leustaindau
2nd plural	*liustid	*leustaid	*liustid	*leustandai	*leustaindau
3rd plural	*leustandi	*leustain	*leustandau	*leustandai	*leustaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*laust	*lustį̄
2nd singular	*laust	*lustīz
3rd singular	*laust	*lustī
1st dual	*lustū	*lustīw
2nd dual	*lustudiz	*lustīdiz
1st plural	*lustum	*lustīm
2nd plural	*lustud	*lustīd
3rd plural	*lustun	*lustīn
	present	past
participles	*leustandz	*lustanaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: ljósta
  • Icelandic: ljósta
  • ⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: lystre
  • ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: ljostra
  • ⇒ Swedish: ljustra

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “ljósta”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)