Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smalljan

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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

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (to burn, smoulder, smoke; tar, pitch). Cognate with Lithuanian smilkyti (to incense, fumigate), Lithuanian smilkti (to smudge, smolder, fume, reek), Lithuanian smalkinti (to fume), Lithuanian smiltys (fine sand, dust), Russian смола́ (smolá, resin, pitch, tar), Middle Irish smál, smól, smúal (fire, gleed, embers, ashes).[1]

    Verb

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    *smalljan

    1. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) to glow, burn, smoulder

    Inflection

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    Class 1 weak
    Infinitive *smalljan
    1st sg. past *smaldā
    Infinitive *smalljan
    Genitive infin. *smalljannjas
    Dative infin. *smalljannjē
    Instrum. infin. *smalljannju
    Indicative Present Past
    1st singular *smallju *smaldā
    2nd singular *smalisi *smaldēs, *smaldōs
    3rd singular *smaliþi *smaldē, *smaldā
    1st plural *smalljum *smaldum
    2nd plural *smaliþ *smaldud
    3rd plural *smalljanþ *smaldun
    Subjunctive Present Past
    1st singular *smalljē *smaldī
    2nd singular *smalljēs *smaldī
    3rd singular *smalljē *smaldī
    1st plural *smalljēm *smaldīm
    2nd plural *smalljēþ *smaldīd
    3rd plural *smalljēn *smaldīn
    Imperative Present
    Singular *smali
    Plural *smaliþ
    Present Past
    Participle *smalljandī *smald
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    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. smel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 969
    2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “smeulen”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[1] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 590