Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līkattjan

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 *galīk +‎ *-attjan.

Verb

*līkattjan^[1]

to pretend
to flatter

Inflection

Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive	*līkattjan
1st sg. past	*līkattā
Infinitive	*līkattjan
Genitive infin.	*līkattjannjas
Dative infin.	*līkattjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*līkattjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*līkattju	*līkattā
2nd singular	*līkatisi	līkattēs, līkattōs
3rd singular	*līkatiþi	līkattē, līkattā
1st plural	*līkattjum	*līkattum
2nd plural	*līkatiþ	*līkattud
3rd plural	*līkattjanþ	*līkattun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*līkattjē	*līkattī
2nd singular	*līkattjēs	*līkattī
3rd singular	*līkattjē	*līkattī
1st plural	*līkattjēm	*līkattīm
2nd plural	*līkattjēþ	*līkattīd
3rd plural	*līkattjēn	*līkattīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*līkati
Plural	*līkatiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*līkattjandī	*līkatt

Descendants

Old English: līċettan
Old High German: līhhezzen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “*līkatʲtʲan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “*līkatʲtʲan”

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