Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lizaną

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e, stative from the root *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

*lizaną

  1. (East Germanic) to know, to be familiar with, to understand

Inflection

Conjugation of *lizaną (preterite-present)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lais *lizį̄ — — —
2nd singular *laist *lizīz — — —
3rd singular *lais *lizī — — —
1st dual *lizū *lizīw — — —
2nd dual *lizudiz *lizīdiz — — —
1st plural *lizum *lizīm — — —
2nd plural *lizud *lizīd — — —
3rd plural *lizun *lizīn — — —
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *listǭ *listēdį̄
2nd singular *listēz *listēdīz
3rd singular *listē *listēdī
1st dual *listēdū *listēdīw
2nd dual *listēdudiz *listēdīdiz
1st plural *listēdum *listēdīm
2nd plural *listēdud *listēdīd
3rd plural *listēdun *listēdīn
present past
participles *lizandz *listaz

Alternative reconstructions

Usage notes

This was likely already a rare word in Proto-Germanic, as it survives only in a single direct attestation in Gothic. However, the verb survives indirectly in the derived causative *laizijaną (“to teach”) and the Proto-West Germanic fientive *liʀnōn (“to learn”) and therefore its existence can be reconstructed securely. The forms given here are uncertain however.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lisan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
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