Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haltijaną

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 *haltaz (“lame”) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*haltijaną^[1]

to lame, to make lame

Inflection

Conjugation of *haltijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*haltijō	*haltijaų	—	*haltijai	?
2nd singular	*haltīsi	*haltijais	*haltī	*haltijasai	*haltijaisau
3rd singular	*haltīþi	*haltijai	*haltijaþau	*haltijaþai	*haltijaiþau
1st dual	*haltijōs	*haltijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*haltijaþiz	*haltijaiþiz	*haltijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*haltijamaz	*haltijaim	—	*haltijanþai	*haltijainþau
2nd plural	*haltīþ	*haltijaiþ	*haltīþ	*haltijanþai	*haltijainþau
3rd plural	*haltijanþi	*haltijain	*haltijanþau	*haltijanþai	*haltijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*haltidǭ	*haltidēdį̄
2nd singular	*haltidēz	*haltidēdīz
3rd singular	*haltidē	*haltidēdī
1st dual	*haltidēdū	*haltidēdīw
2nd dual	*haltidēdudiz	*haltidēdīdiz
1st plural	*haltidēdum	*haltidēdīm
2nd plural	*haltidēdud	*haltidēdīd
3rd plural	*haltidēdun	*haltidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*haltijandz	*haltidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *haltijan
- Old High German: *helzen
  - Middle High German: helzen
Old Norse: helta (Only attested in the passive heltask)
- Icelandic: helta

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xaltjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 157

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xaltjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 157

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