Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ligjaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *legjaną

Etymology

  • From Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti, from *legʰ- (to lie).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈliɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

    Verb

    *ligjaną

    1. to lie, to rest (on a surface)
    2. to lead (e.g. of a road)

    Inflection

    Conjugation of *ligjaną (strong class 5 j-present)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *ligjō *ligjaų *ligjai ?
    2nd singular *ligisi *ligjais *ligi *ligjasai *ligjaisau
    3rd singular *ligiþi *ligjai *ligjaþau *ligjaþai *ligjaiþau
    1st dual *ligjōs *ligjaiw
    2nd dual *ligjaþiz *ligjaiþiz *ligjaþiz
    1st plural *ligjamaz *ligjaim *ligjanþai *ligjainþau
    2nd plural *ligiþ *ligjaiþ *ligiþ *ligjanþai *ligjainþau
    3rd plural *ligjanþi *ligjain *ligjanþau *ligjanþai *ligjainþau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *lag *lēgį̄
    2nd singular *laht *lēgīz
    3rd singular *lag *lēgī
    1st dual *lēgū *lēgīw
    2nd dual *lēgudiz *lēgīdiz
    1st plural *lēgum *lēgīm
    2nd plural *lēgud *lēgīd
    3rd plural *lēgun *lēgīn
    present past
    participles *ligjandz *leganaz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*leg(j)an-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330