Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gliwāną

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 *ǵʰli-u-eh₁- an extended form of *ǵʰley-.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.wɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*gliwāną^[1]

to glisten, to shine

Inflection

Conjugation of *gliwāną (weak class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*gliwō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*gliwaisi	?	*gliwai	*gliwāsai	?
3rd singular	*gliwaiþi	?	*gliwāþau	*gliwāþai	?
1st dual	*gliwōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*gliwāþiz	?	*gliwāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*gliwāmaz	?	—	*gliwānþai	?
2nd plural	*gliwaiþ	?	*gliwaiþ	*gliwānþai	?
3rd plural	*gliwānþi	?	*gliwānþau	*gliwānþai	?

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gliwadǭ	*gliwadēdį̄
2nd singular	*gliwadēz	*gliwadēdīz
3rd singular	*gliwadē	*gliwadēdī
1st dual	*gliwadēdū	*gliwadēdīw
2nd dual	*gliwadēdudiz	*gliwadēdīdiz
1st plural	*gliwadēdum	*gliwadēdīm
2nd plural	*gliwadēdud	*gliwadēdīd
3rd plural	*gliwadēdun	*gliwadēdīn

	present	past
participles	*gliwāndz	*gliwadaz

Related terms

*glīwą

Descendants

Old Norse: gljá
- Icelandic: gljá
- Faroese: glíggja
- Norwegian:
  Norwegian Nynorsk: gljå, glå

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gliwēn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 182

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gliwēn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 182

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gliwāną

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