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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glintaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend-, related to Proto-Slavic *ględati.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣlin.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*glintaną[2]

  1. to shine
  2. to look

Inflection
Conjugation of *glintaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *glintō*glintaų—*glintai ?
2nd singular *glintizi*glintaiz*glint*glintazai*glintaizau
3rd singular *glintidi*glintai*glintadau*glintadai*glintaidau
1st dual *glintōz*glintaiw———
2nd dual *glintadiz*glintaidiz*glintadiz——
1st plural *glintamaz*glintaim—*glintandai*glintaindau
2nd plural *glintid*glintaid*glintid*glintandai*glintaindau
3rd plural *glintandi*glintain*glintandau*glintandai*glintaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *glant*gluntį̄
2nd singular *glanst*gluntīz
3rd singular *glant*gluntī
1st dual *gluntū*gluntīw
2nd dual *gluntudiz*gluntīdiz
1st plural *gluntum*gluntīm
2nd plural *gluntud*gluntīd
3rd plural *gluntun*gluntīn
present past
participles *glintandz*gluntanaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *glintan
    • Old High German: *glinzan
      • Middle High German: glinzen
  • Old Norse: *gletta, *glinta

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒlentēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*glintan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181
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