Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waljaną

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 *wiljaną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑl.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*waljaną

to choose, to pick, to select
Synonym: *keusaną

Inflection

Conjugation of *waljaną (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*waljō	*waljaų	—	*waljai	?
2nd singular	*walisi	*waljais	*wali	*waljasai	*waljaisau
3rd singular	*waliþi	*waljai	*waljaþau	*waljaþai	*waljaiþau
1st dual	*waljōs	*waljaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*waljaþiz	*waljaiþiz	*waljaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*waljamaz	*waljaim	—	*waljanþai	*waljainþau
2nd plural	*waliþ	*waljaiþ	*waliþ	*waljanþai	*waljainþau
3rd plural	*waljanþi	*waljain	*waljanþau	*waljanþai	*waljainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*walidǭ	*walidēdį̄
2nd singular	*walidēz	*walidēdīz
3rd singular	*walidē	*walidēdī
1st dual	*walidēdū	*walidēdīw
2nd dual	*walidēdudiz	*walidēdīdiz
1st plural	*walidēdum	*walidēdīm
2nd plural	*walidēdud	*walidēdīd
3rd plural	*walidēdun	*walidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*waljandz	*walidaz

Derived terms

*walīniz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *walljan
- Old Saxon: *welian
  - Middle Low German: wēlen
    - Low German: wählen (perhaps influenced by High German)
- Old Dutch: wellen
- Old High German: wellen (inflected welit etc.)
  - Middle High German: weln, welen, wellen
    - Bavarian: wäihn, wöhln, wöhn
    - German: wählen (influenced by Wahl)
      - → Low German: wählen
    - Luxembourgish: wielen
Old Norse: velja
- Icelandic: velja
- Faroese: velja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: velja
- Old Swedish: vælia
  - Swedish: välja
- Old Danish: wæliæ
  - Danish: vælge
    - Norwegian Bokmål: velge
- Elfdalian: wela
- Gutnish: väle
- Scanian: vælla
- Ostrobothnian: väli, välg
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waljan)
→ Proto-Finnic: *valit'ak (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*waljan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 570

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*waljan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 570