Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hlinēn

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 Proto-Germanic *hlināną.

Verb

*hlinēn

1. to lean

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*hlinēn
1st sg. past	*hlin?dā
Infinitive	*hlinēn
Genitive infin.	*hlinēnijas
Dative infin.	*hlinēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*hlinēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hlinē	*hlin?dā
2nd singular	*hlinēs	*hlin?dēs, *hlin?dēs
3rd singular	*hlinēþ	*hlin?dē, *hlin?dā
1st plural	*hlinēm	*hlin?dum
2nd plural	*hlinēþ	*hlin?dud
3rd plural	*hlinēnþ	*hlin?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hlinē	*hlin?dī
2nd singular	*hlinēs	*hlin?dī
3rd singular	*hlinē	*hlin?dī
1st plural	*hlinēm	*hlin?dīm
2nd plural	*hlinēþ	*hlin?dīd
3rd plural	*hlinēn	*hlin?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hlinē
Plural	*hlinēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hlinēndī	*hlin?d

Descendants

• Old English: hleonian, hlinian
  • Middle English: leonien, lenen
    • Scots: lene, leyn
    • English: lean
• Old Frisian: *hlinia
  • Saterland Frisian: lienje
  • West Frisian: lynje
• Old Saxon: hlinōn
  • Middle Low German: lēnen
    • German Low German: lehnen
• Old Dutch: *linon
  • Middle Dutch: lēnen
    • Dutch: leunen
      • Afrikaans: leun
      • Negerhollands: lee
      • → West Frisian: leune
      • → Papiamentu: lèn, len, lènt, leun, leen
• Old High German: hlinēn, linēn
  • Middle High German: lënen, linen
    • German: lehnen