Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/limpaną

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 *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang limply”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlim.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*limpaną^[1]

to glide
to go
to suit, fit
to happen

Inflection

Conjugation of *limpaną (strong class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*limpō	*limpaų	—	*limpai	?
2nd singular	*limpizi	*limpaiz	*limp	*limpazai	*limpaizau
3rd singular	*limpidi	*limpai	*limpadau	*limpadai	*limpaidau
1st dual	*limpōz	*limpaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*limpadiz	*limpaidiz	*limpadiz	—	—
1st plural	*limpamaz	*limpaim	—	*limpandai	*limpaindau
2nd plural	*limpid	*limpaid	*limpid	*limpandai	*limpaindau
3rd plural	*limpandi	*limpain	*limpandau	*limpandai	*limpaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lamp	*lumpį̄
2nd singular	*lamft	*lumpīz
3rd singular	*lamp	*lumpī
1st dual	*lumpū	*lumpīw
2nd dual	*lumpudiz	*lumpīdiz
1st plural	*lumpum	*lumpīm
2nd plural	*lumpud	*lumpīd
3rd plural	*lumpun	*lumpīn

	present	past
participles	*limpandz	*lumpanaz

Related terms

*lampijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *limpan
- Old English: limpan
  - Middle English: lympen, limpen
    - Scots: limp
    - English: limp
- Old Frisian: limpa
- Old Saxon: limpan
  - Middle Low German: limpen
    - Low German: limpen, gelimpen
- Old High German: limpfan, limphan
  - Middle High German: limpfen, limfen
Old Norse: limpa

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lempanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lempanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240

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