Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mālijan

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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 *mēlijaną.

Verb

*mālijan

  1. to mark, to stain

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *mālijan
1st sg. past *mālidā
Infinitive *mālijan
Genitive infin. *mālijannjas
Dative infin. *mālijannjē
Instrum. infin. *mālijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *māliju *mālidā
2nd singular *mālisi *mālidēs, *mālidōs
3rd singular *māliþi *mālidē, *mālidā
1st plural *mālijum *mālidum
2nd plural *māliþ *mālidud
3rd plural *mālijanþ *mālidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *mālijē *mālidī
2nd singular *mālijēs *mālidī
3rd singular *mālijē *mālidī
1st plural *mālijēm *mālidīm
2nd plural *mālijēþ *mālidīd
3rd plural *mālijēn *mālidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *māli
Plural *māliþ
Present Past
Participle *mālijandī *mālid

Descendants

  • Old English: mǣlan
  • Old Frisian: mēlia

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 239:PWGmc *mālijan