Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/welkēn
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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]Most likely from an unattested adjective *welk (“moist, withering”) + *-ēn, which goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“moist; wet”), compare Lithuanian vilgyti (“to make wet”). Could go back to a hypothetical Proto-Germanic *welkāną, but is only attested in West Germanic.
Verb
[edit]*welkēn
Inflection
[edit]| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *welkēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *welk?dā | |
| Infinitive | *welkēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *welkēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *welkēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *welkēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *welkē | *welk?dā |
| 2nd singular | *welkēs | *welk?dēs, *welk?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *welkēþ | *welk?dē, *welk?dā |
| 1st plural | *welkēm | *welk?dum |
| 2nd plural | *welkēþ | *welk?dud |
| 3rd plural | *welkēnþ | *welk?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *welkē | *welk?dī |
| 2nd singular | *welkēs | *welk?dī |
| 3rd singular | *welkē | *welk?dī |
| 1st plural | *welkēm | *welk?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *welkēþ | *welk?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *welkēn | *welk?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *welkē | |
| Plural | *welkēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *welkēndī | *welk?d |