Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wlītaną

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 pre-Germanic *wleyd(ʰ)- or *wleyt-. Further etymology uncertain, but probably from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”) (though Kroonen is skeptical of the morphology; compare *wrītaną for this structure), and perhaps influenced by the related iterative *wlittōną (“to strive”, literally “to look repeatedly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwliː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wlītaną

1. to see, look

Inflection

Conjugation of *wlītaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wlītō	*wlītaų	—	*wlītai	?
2nd singular	*wlītizi	*wlītaiz	*wlīt	*wlītazai	*wlītaizau
3rd singular	*wlītidi	*wlītai	*wlītadau	*wlītadai	*wlītaidau
1st dual	*wlītōz	*wlītaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wlītadiz	*wlītaidiz	*wlītadiz	—	—
1st plural	*wlītamaz	*wlītaim	—	*wlītandai	*wlītaindau
2nd plural	*wlītid	*wlītaid	*wlītid	*wlītandai	*wlītaindau
3rd plural	*wlītandi	*wlītain	*wlītandau	*wlītandai	*wlītaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wlait	*wlitį̄
2nd singular	*wlaist	*wlitīz
3rd singular	*wlait	*wlitī
1st dual	*wlitū	*wlitīw
2nd dual	*wlitudiz	*wlitīdiz
1st plural	*wlitum	*wlitīm
2nd plural	*wlitud	*wlitīd
3rd plural	*wlitun	*wlitīn
	present	past
participles	*wlītandz	*wlitanaz

Derived terms

• *wlaitijaz
• *wlaitōną
• *wlittōną

Related terms

• *wlitiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wlītan
  • Old English: wlītan
    • → English: wlite (revived)
• Old Norse: líta
  • Icelandic: líta
  • Faroese: líta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lita