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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to go, depart, die”). Cognate with Tocharian A litā- (“to pass on”), Avestan 𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (iriθiieiti, “to die, pass away”), Ancient Greek λοίτη (loítē, “tomb”), Latin lītus (“shore, beach”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*līþaną[1][2]
- to go; pass
- to go through
Inflection
Conjugation of
*līþaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*līþan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*līþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248