Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/liʀnēn

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

Verb

*liʀnēn

1. Elbe Germanic form of *liʀnōn (“to learn”)

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*liʀnēn
1st sg. past	*liʀn?dā
Infinitive	*liʀnēn
Genitive infin.	*liʀnēnijas
Dative infin.	*liʀnēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*liʀnēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*liʀnē	*liʀn?dā
2nd singular	*liʀnēs	*liʀn?dēs, *liʀn?dēs
3rd singular	*liʀnēþ	*liʀn?dē, *liʀn?dā
1st plural	*liʀnēm	*liʀn?dum
2nd plural	*liʀnēþ	*liʀn?dud
3rd plural	*liʀnēnþ	*liʀn?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*liʀnē	*liʀn?dī
2nd singular	*liʀnēs	*liʀn?dī
3rd singular	*liʀnē	*liʀn?dī
1st plural	*liʀnēm	*liʀn?dīm
2nd plural	*liʀnēþ	*liʀn?dīd
3rd plural	*liʀnēn	*liʀn?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*liʀnē
Plural	*liʀnēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*liʀnēndī	*liʀn?d

Descendants

• Old High German: lernēn, lirnēn
  • Middle High German: lernen
    • Alemannic German: lërne, leernen, lérne
    • Bavarian: learnan, learna, learn (Sappada, Sauris)

      Cimbrian: liirnan, lirnan, lirnen

      Mòcheno: learnen

    • German: lernen
    • Yiddish: לערנען (lernen)