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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *wleyd(ʰ)- or *wleyt-. Further etymology uncertain,[1] but probably from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”) (though Kroonen is skeptical of the phonetics and morphology).[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
*wlītaną[2][1]
- to see, look
Inflection
Conjugation of
*wlītaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wlītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wlītan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 591