Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smilāną

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

Alternative forms

• *smīlāną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh; be glad”).

Verb

*smilāną

1. to smile

Inflection

Conjugation of *smilāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smilō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*smilaisi	?	*smilai	*smilāsai	?
3rd singular	*smilaiþi	?	*smilāþau	*smilāþai	?
1st dual	*smilōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*smilāþiz	?	*smilāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*smilāmaz	?	—	*smilānþai	?
2nd plural	*smilaiþ	?	*smilaiþ	*smilānþai	?
3rd plural	*smilānþi	?	*smilānþau	*smilānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smiladǭ	*smiladēdį̄
2nd singular	*smiladēz	*smiladēdīz
3rd singular	*smiladē	*smiladēdī
1st dual	*smiladēdū	*smiladēdīw
2nd dual	*smiladēdudiz	*smiladēdīdiz
1st plural	*smiladēdum	*smiladēdīm
2nd plural	*smiladēdud	*smiladēdīd
3rd plural	*smiladēdun	*smiladēdīn
	present	past
participles	*smilāndz	*smiladaz

Related terms

• *smirāną, *smīrāną
  • Proto-West Germanic: *smirēn, *smīrēn; *smirōn, *smīrōn
    • Old English: smerian (“to smile at, laugh at”)
    • Old High German: smierēn; smierōn
      • Middle High German: smieren
        • German: schmieren (archaic)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *smilēn; *smīlēn
  • Old High German: smielēn
    • Middle High German: smielen
      • → Middle Low German: *smîlen, *smielen
        • German Low German: smielen
        • → Dutch: smuilen
        • → Saterland Frisian: smielje
        • → Old Danish: smile
          • Danish: smile
            • → Faroese: smíla
          • → Norwegian: smile
          • → Swedish: smila
          • → Middle English: smilen
            • English: smile
            • Scots: smil, smyl