Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slihtijaną

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 *slihtaz (“plain, even”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈslix.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slihtijaną

1. to smoothe, to even out

Inflection

Conjugation of *slihtijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slihtijō	*slihtijaų	—	*slihtijai	?
2nd singular	*slihtīsi	*slihtijais	*slihtī	*slihtijasai	*slihtijaisau
3rd singular	*slihtīþi	*slihtijai	*slihtijaþau	*slihtijaþai	*slihtijaiþau
1st dual	*slihtijōs	*slihtijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*slihtijaþiz	*slihtijaiþiz	*slihtijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*slihtijamaz	*slihtijaim	—	*slihtijanþai	*slihtijainþau
2nd plural	*slihtīþ	*slihtijaiþ	*slihtīþ	*slihtijanþai	*slihtijainþau
3rd plural	*slihtijanþi	*slihtijain	*slihtijanþau	*slihtijanþai	*slihtijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slihtidǭ	*slihtidēdį̄
2nd singular	*slihtidēz	*slihtidēdīz
3rd singular	*slihtidē	*slihtidēdī
1st dual	*slihtidēdū	*slihtidēdīw
2nd dual	*slihtidēdudiz	*slihtidēdīdiz
1st plural	*slihtidēdum	*slihtidēdīm
2nd plural	*slihtidēdud	*slihtidēdīd
3rd plural	*slihtidēdun	*slihtidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*slihtijandz	*slihtidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *slihtijan
  • Old Saxon: slihtian
    • Middle Low German: slichten, slechten
  • Old Dutch: slihten
    • Middle Dutch: slechten
      • Dutch: slechten
  • Old High German: slihten
    • Middle High German: slihten
      • German: schlichten
• Old Norse: slétta
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: slette
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sletta
    • Swedish: släta
  • Danish: slette