Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laskijan

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 *laskijaną.

Verb

*laskijan

(transitive) to extinguish, to quench

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*laskijan
1st sg. past	*laskidā
Infinitive	*laskijan
Genitive infin.	*laskijannjas
Dative infin.	*laskijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*laskijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*laskiju	*laskidā
2nd singular	*laskisi	laskidēs, laskidōs
3rd singular	*laskiþi	laskidē, laskidā
1st plural	*laskijum	*laskidum
2nd plural	*laskiþ	*laskidud
3rd plural	*laskijanþ	*laskidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*laskijē	*laskidī
2nd singular	*laskijēs	*laskidī
3rd singular	*laskijē	*laskidī
1st plural	*laskijēm	*laskidīm
2nd plural	*laskijēþ	*laskidīd
3rd plural	*laskijēn	*laskidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*laski
Plural	*laskiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*laskijandī	*laskid

Related terms

*leskan

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Frisian: *leska
- >? West Frisian: leskje (uncertain, the second class weak inflection would be secondary)
Old Saxon: leskian
- Middle Low German: leschen
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: leske
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: leske, leska
Old Dutch: lesken
- Middle Dutch: lesschen
  - Dutch: lessen
    - Afrikaans: les
Old High German: lesken
- Middle High German: leschen
  - German: löschen