Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linnaną

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 *leyh₂- (“to avoid, elude, decline, shrink away from, recede”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*linnaną^[1]

to turn, move aside, swerve from, dodge
to cease, quit

Inflection

Conjugation of *linnaną (strong class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*linnō	*linnaų	—	*linnai	?
2nd singular	*linnizi	*linnaiz	*linn	*linnazai	*linnaizau
3rd singular	*linnidi	*linnai	*linnadau	*linnadai	*linnaidau
1st dual	*linnōz	*linnaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*linnadiz	*linnaidiz	*linnadiz	—	—
1st plural	*linnamaz	*linnaim	—	*linnandai	*linnaindau
2nd plural	*linnid	*linnaid	*linnid	*linnandai	*linnaindau
3rd plural	*linnandi	*linnain	*linnandau	*linnandai	*linnaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lann	*lunnį̄
2nd singular	*lannt	*lunnīz
3rd singular	*lann	*lunnī
1st dual	*lunnū	*lunnīw
2nd dual	*lunnudiz	*lunnīdiz
1st plural	*lunnum	*lunnīm
2nd plural	*lunnud	*lunnīd
3rd plural	*lunnun	*lunnīn

	present	past
participles	*linnandz	*lunnanaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *linnan
- Old English: linnan
  - Middle English: linnen, linne, lyn, lyne, lynne
    - English: lin (obsolete)
    - Scots: lin
- Old Frisian: lenda
Old Norse: linna
- Icelandic: linna
- Norwegian: linna
- Swedish: linna
- Danish: linne
Gothic: *𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*linnan) (in 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (aflinnan))

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*linnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*linnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linnaną

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