Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/melkaną
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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 *h₂melǵ-.
Pronunciation
Verb
- to milk (get milk from an animal)
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *melkō | *melkaų | — | *melkai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *milkizi | *melkaiz | *melk | *melkazai | *melkaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *milkidi | *melkai | *melkadau | *melkadai | *melkaidau | |
| 1st dual | *melkōz | *melkaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *melkadiz | *melkaidiz | *melkadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *melkamaz | *melkaim | — | *melkandai | *melkaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *milkid | *melkaid | *milkid | *melkandai | *melkaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *melkandi | *melkain | *melkandau | *melkandai | *melkaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *malk | *mulkį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *malht | *mulkīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *malk | *mulkī | ||||
| 1st dual | *mulkū | *mulkīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *mulkudiz | *mulkīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *mulkum | *mulkīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *mulkud | *mulkīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *mulkun | *mulkīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *melkandz | *mulkanaz | ||||
Related terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *melkan
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mel(u)kan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 364-365
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*melkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 266-267