Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stelaną

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

Etymology

  • According to Kroonen & Lubotsky (2009), from Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”) (compare e.g. Sanskrit त्सर् (tsar), Shughni сӗрт (“to steal, sneak”), Old Armenian սողիմ (sołim, “to creep, to steal”)).[1] The supposed metathesis *ts > *st has no exact parallels, but a similar development appears in *spenô (“nipple”), from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“breast”). Numerous other etymologies with semantic or phonetic difficulties have been earlier proposed as well.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈste.lɑ.nɑ̃/

    Verb

    *stelaną[2][3][4]

    1. to steal
    2. to sneak

    Inflection

    Conjugation of *stelaną (strong class 4)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *stelō *stelaų — *stelai ?
    2nd singular *stilizi *stelaiz *stel *stelazai *stelaizau
    3rd singular *stilidi *stelai *steladau *steladai *stelaidau
    1st dual *stelōz *stelaiw — — —
    2nd dual *steladiz *stelaidiz *steladiz — —
    1st plural *stelamaz *stelaim — *stelandai *stelaindau
    2nd plural *stilid *stelaid *stilid *stelandai *stelaindau
    3rd plural *stelandi *stelain *stelandau *stelandai *stelaindau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *stal *stēlį̄
    2nd singular *stalt *stēlīz
    3rd singular *stal *stēlī
    1st dual *stēlū *stēlīw
    2nd dual *stēludiz *stēlīdiz
    1st plural *stēlum *stēlīm
    2nd plural *stēlud *stēlīd
    3rd plural *stēlun *stēlīn
    present past
    participles *stelandz *stulanaz

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    • *stalōną
    • *stullōną

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus with Lubotsky, Alexander (2009), “Proto-Indo-European *tsel- 'to sneak' and Germanic *stelan- 'to steal, approach stealthily'”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia‎[1], volume 14
    2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*stelan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 476
    3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*stelanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 374
    4. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970), “STEL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 468
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