Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līhwan
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *līhwaną.
Verb
[edit]*līhwan[1]
- to lend
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *līhwan | |
| 1st sg. past | *laihw | |
| 3rd pl. past | *ligun | |
| Past ptcple | *liwan | |
| Infinitive | *līhwan | |
| Genitive infin. | *līhwannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *līhwannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *līhwannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *līhu | *laihw |
| 2nd singular | *līhwiʀi | *liwī |
| 3rd singular | *līhwidi | *laihw |
| 1st plural | *līhum | *ligum |
| 2nd plural | *līhwid | *ligud |
| 3rd plural | *līhwand | *ligun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *līhwē | *liwī |
| 2nd singular | *līhwēs | *liwī |
| 3rd singular | *līhwē | *liwī |
| 1st plural | *līhwēm | *liwīm |
| 2nd plural | *līhwēþ | *liwīd |
| 3rd plural | *līhwēn | *liwīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *līhw | |
| Plural | *līhwid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *līhwandī | *liwan |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: lēon
- Old Frisian: līa
- Old Saxon: līhan
- Old Dutch: līan
- Middle Dutch: liën
- Old High German: līhan
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: “*līhwan”