Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/limpaną

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 *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang limply”), which Pfeifer appears to consider a nasalized extension of *leb- (“to hang loosely; lip”). Compare Tocharian A läm- (“to sit, remain”), Sanskrit लम्ब् (lamb), रम्ब् (ramb, “to hang down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlim.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*limpaną

1. to glide
2. to go
3. to suit, fit
4. to happen

Inflection

Conjugation of *limpaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*limpō	*limpaų	—	*limpai	?
2nd singular	*limpizi	*limpaiz	*limp	*limpazai	*limpaizau
3rd singular	*limpidi	*limpai	*limpadau	*limpadai	*limpaidau
1st dual	*limpōz	*limpaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*limpadiz	*limpaidiz	*limpadiz	—	—
1st plural	*limpamaz	*limpaim	—	*limpandai	*limpaindau
2nd plural	*limpid	*limpaid	*limpid	*limpandai	*limpaindau
3rd plural	*limpandi	*limpain	*limpandau	*limpandai	*limpaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lamp	*lumpį̄
2nd singular	*lamft	*lumpīz
3rd singular	*lamp	*lumpī
1st dual	*lumpū	*lumpīw
2nd dual	*lumpudiz	*lumpīdiz
1st plural	*lumpum	*lumpīm
2nd plural	*lumpud	*lumpīd
3rd plural	*lumpun	*lumpīn
	present	past
participles	*limpandz	*lumpanaz

Related terms

• *lampijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *limpan
  • Old English: limpan
    • Middle English: lympen, limpen
      • Scots: limp
      • English: limp
  • Old Frisian: limpa
  • Old Saxon: limpan
    • Middle Low German: limpen
      • Low German: limpen, gelimpen
  • Old High German: limpfan, limphan
    • Middle High German: limpfen, limfen
• Old Norse: limpa