Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lātan
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *lētaną.
Verb
[edit]*lātan[1]
- to let, to allow
- to leave alone
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 7d | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *lātan | |
| 1st sg. past | *lēt | |
| 3rd pl. past | *lētun | |
| Past ptcple | *lātan | |
| Infinitive | *lātan | |
| Genitive infin. | *lātannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *lātannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *lātannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *lātu | *lēt |
| 2nd singular | *lātiʀi | *lētī |
| 3rd singular | *lātidi | *lēt |
| 1st plural | *lātum | *lētum |
| 2nd plural | *lātid | *lētud |
| 3rd plural | *lātand | *lētun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *lātē | *lētī |
| 2nd singular | *lātēs | *lētī |
| 3rd singular | *lātē | *lētī |
| 1st plural | *lātēm | *lētīm |
| 2nd plural | *lātēþ | *lētīd |
| 3rd plural | *lātēn | *lētīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *lāt | |
| Plural | *lātid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *lātandī | *lātan |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: lǣtan
- Old Frisian: lēta
- Old Saxon: lātan
- Old Dutch: lātan
- Old High German: lāzan, lāzzan
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107: “*lātan”