Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hlūstrēn

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

Closely related to *hlust (“hearing, ear”), which ultimately descends from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Verb

*hlūstrēn

1. to listen

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*hlūstrēn
1st sg. past	*hlūstr?dā
Infinitive	*hlūstrēn
Genitive infin.	*hlūstrēnijas
Dative infin.	*hlūstrēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*hlūstrēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hlūstrē	*hlūstr?dā
2nd singular	*hlūstrēs	*hlūstr?dēs, *hlūstr?dēs
3rd singular	*hlūstrēþ	*hlūstr?dē, *hlūstr?dā
1st plural	*hlūstrēm	*hlūstr?dum
2nd plural	*hlūstrēþ	*hlūstr?dud
3rd plural	*hlūstrēnþ	*hlūstr?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hlūstrē	*hlūstr?dī
2nd singular	*hlūstrēs	*hlūstr?dī
3rd singular	*hlūstrē	*hlūstr?dī
1st plural	*hlūstrēm	*hlūstr?dīm
2nd plural	*hlūstrēþ	*hlūstr?dīd
3rd plural	*hlūstrēn	*hlūstr?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hlūstrē
Plural	*hlūstrēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hlūstrēndī	*hlūstr?d

Related terms

• *hlūsinōn
• *hlūstēn

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *hlūstria
  • Saterland Frisian: lusterje
  • West Frisian: lústerje
• Old Saxon: *hlūstarōn
  • Middle Low German: lūsteren, lüsteren
    • Low German: luustern
    • → Norwegian:

      → Norwegian Bokmål: lystre

      → Norwegian Nynorsk: lystre, lystra

    • → Swedish: lystra
    • → Danish: lystre
• Old Dutch: *lūstaron
  • Middle Dutch: luusteren
    • Dutch: luisteren
      • Afrikaans: luister
    • Limburgish: loestere
• Old High German: lūstarēn
  • Middle High German: lūsteren
    • Central Franconian: luustere, laustere
      • Luxembourgish: lauschteren
    • German: laustern (archaic)