Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bihulljan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *bi- +‎ *hulljan.

Verb

*bihulljan^[1]

to cover

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*bihulljan
1st sg. past	*bihuldā
Infinitive	*bihulljan
Genitive infin.	*bihulljannjas
Dative infin.	*bihulljannjē
Instrum. infin.	*bihulljannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*bihullju	*bihuldā
2nd singular	*bihulisi	bihuldēs, bihuldōs
3rd singular	*bihuliþi	bihuldē, bihuldā
1st plural	*bihulljum	*bihuldum
2nd plural	*bihuliþ	*bihuldud
3rd plural	*bihulljanþ	*bihuldun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*bihulljē	*bihuldī
2nd singular	*bihulljēs	*bihuldī
3rd singular	*bihulljē	*bihuldī
1st plural	*bihulljēm	*bihuldīm
2nd plural	*bihulljēþ	*bihuldīd
3rd plural	*bihulljēn	*bihuldīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*bihuli
Plural	*bihuliþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*bihulljandī	*bihuld

Related terms

*bihalljan

Descendants

Old English: behyllan
Old Frisian: bihella
Old Saxon: bihullian
Old High German: bihullen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *(bi)hulʲlʲan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *(bi)hulʲlʲan”

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