Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lībaną

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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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-, although the appearance of the voiced (unstressed) Verner alternant b is unexpected. The verb may be back-formed from an older verb with the voiced alternant, such as *libjaną.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

*lībaną[1][2]

  1. to remain, to be left

Inflection

Conjugation of *lībaną (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lībō *lībaų — *lībai ?
2nd singular *lībizi *lībaiz *līb *lībazai *lībaizau
3rd singular *lībidi *lībai *lībadau *lībadai *lībaidau
1st dual *lībōz *lībaiw — — —
2nd dual *lībadiz *lībaidiz *lībadiz — —
1st plural *lībamaz *lībaim — *lībandai *lībaindau
2nd plural *lībid *lībaid *lībid *lībandai *lībaindau
3rd plural *lībandi *lībain *lībandau *lībandai *lībaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *laib *libį̄
2nd singular *laift *libīz
3rd singular *laib *libī
1st dual *libū *libīw
2nd dual *libudiz *libīdiz
1st plural *libum *libīm
2nd plural *libud *libīd
3rd plural *libun *libīn
present past
participles *lībandz *libanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

There are no attested descendants of this word, but it must have existed because the causative and inchoative derived from it are attested in several languages.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*līban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lībanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 247
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