Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līþaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to go, depart, die”). Cognate with Tocharian A litā- (“to pass on”), Avestan 𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (iriθiieiti, “to die, pass away”), Ancient Greek λοίτη (loítē, “tomb”), Latin lītus (“shore, beach”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
- to go; pass
- to go through
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *līþō | *līþaų | — | *līþai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *līþizi | *līþaiz | *līþ | *līþazai | *līþaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *līþidi | *līþai | *līþadau | *līþadai | *līþaidau | |
| 1st dual | *līþōz | *līþaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *līþadiz | *līþaidiz | *līþadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *līþamaz | *līþaim | — | *līþandai | *līþaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *līþid | *līþaid | *līþid | *līþandai | *līþaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *līþandi | *līþain | *līþandau | *līþandai | *līþaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *laiþ | *lidį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *laist | *lidīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *laiþ | *lidī | ||||
| 1st dual | *lidū | *lidīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *lidudiz | *lidīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *lidum | *lidīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *lidud | *lidīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *lidun | *lidīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *līþandz | *lidanaz | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *līþan
- Old Norse: líða
- Gothic: *𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (*leiþan)