Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laidijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

Verb

*laidijan^[1]

to cause to go, lead

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*laidijan
1st sg. past	*laididā
Infinitive	*laidijan
Genitive infin.	*laidijannjas
Dative infin.	*laidijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*laidijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*laidiju	*laididā
2nd singular	*laidisi	laididēs, laididōs
3rd singular	*laidiþi	laididē, laididā
1st plural	*laidijum	*laididum
2nd plural	*laidiþ	*laididud
3rd plural	*laidijanþ	*laididun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*laidijē	*laididī
2nd singular	*laidijēs	*laididī
3rd singular	*laidijē	*laididī
1st plural	*laidijēm	*laididīm
2nd plural	*laidijēþ	*laididīd
3rd plural	*laidijēn	*laididīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*laidi
Plural	*laidiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*laidijandī	*laidid

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: lǣdan
- Middle English: leden
  - Scots: lede, leid
  - English: lead
Old Frisian: lēda
- Saterland Frisian: leede, lede
- West Frisian: liede
Old Saxon: lēdian
- Middle Low German: lêden, leiden
  - German Low German: leden, leiden
Old Dutch: leiden
- Middle Dutch: leiden
  - Dutch: leiden
    - Afrikaans: lei
  - Limburgish: leide, leie, lèèje
Old High German: leiten
- Middle High German: leiten
  - German: leiten
  - Luxembourgish: leeden

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234: “PWGmc *laidijan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234: “PWGmc *laidijan”

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