Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lusōną

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 *lusaz (“loose, free”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlu.sɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lusōną^[1]

to loosen, to free

Inflection

Conjugation of *lusōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*lusō	*lusǭ	—	*lusōi	?
2nd singular	*lusōsi	*lusōs	*lusō	*lusōsai	*lusōsau
3rd singular	*lusōþi	*lusō	*lusōþau	*lusōþai	*lusōþau
1st dual	*lusōs	*lusōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lusōþiz	*lusōþiz	*lusōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*lusōmaz	*lusōm	—	*lusōnþai	*lusōnþau
2nd plural	*lusōþ	*lusōþ	*lusōþ	*lusōnþai	*lusōnþau
3rd plural	*lusōnþi	*lusōn	*lusōnþau	*lusōnþai	*lusōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lusōdǭ	*lusōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*lusōdēz	*lusōdēdīz
3rd singular	*lusōdē	*lusōdēdī
1st dual	*lusōdēdū	*lusōdēdīw
2nd dual	*lusōdēdudiz	*lusōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*lusōdēdum	*lusōdēdīm
2nd plural	*lusōdēdud	*lusōdēdīd
3rd plural	*lusōdēdun	*lusōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*lusōndz	*lusōdaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *losōn
- Old Saxon: *losōn
  - Middle Low German: lossen, lössen (backformed to the adjective)
    - → German: löschen
- Old Dutch: *loson
  - Middle Dutch: lōsen, lossen (backformed to the adjective)
    - Dutch: lossen
Old Norse: losa
- Icelandic: losa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lòse, lòsa

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lusōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lusōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lusōną

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