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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lētaną
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let (go), be tired”). Compare Latin lassus (“tired”), Albanian lodh, and possibly Ancient Greek ληδεῖν (lēdeîn, “to be tired”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛː.tɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *lētaną (strong class 7d)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *lētō | *lētaų | — | *lētai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *lētizi | *lētaiz | *lēt | *lētazai | *lētaizau |
| 3rd singular | *lētidi | *lētai | *lētadau | *lētadai | *lētaidau |
| 1st dual | *lētōz | *lētaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *lētadiz | *lētaidiz | *lētadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *lētamaz | *lētaim | — | *lētandai | *lētaindau |
| 2nd plural | *lētid | *lētaid | *lētid | *lētandai | *lētaindau |
| 3rd plural | *lētandi | *lētain | *lētandau | *lētandai | *lētaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *lelōt | *leltį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *lelōst | *leltīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *lelōt | *leltī | |||
| 1st dual | *leltū | *leltīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *leltudiz | *leltīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *leltum | *leltīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *leltud | *leltīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *leltun | *leltīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *lētandz | *lētanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *fralētaną
- *lētiz
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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