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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *taljaną. Equivalent to *tal (“number, amount”) + *-jan.
Verb
*talljan[1]
- to count, to enumerate
- to recount, to tell
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*talljan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*taldā
|
| Infinitive
|
*talljan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*talljannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*talljannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*talljannju
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| Indicative
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Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*tallju
|
*taldā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*talisi
|
*taldēs, *taldōs
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| 3rd singular
|
*taliþi
|
*taldē, *taldā
|
| 1st plural
|
*talljum
|
*taldum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*taliþ
|
*taldud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*talljanþ
|
*taldun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*talljē
|
*taldī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*talljēs
|
*taldī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*talljē
|
*taldī
|
| 1st plural
|
*talljēm
|
*taldīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*talljēþ
|
*taldīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*talljēn
|
*taldīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*tali
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| Plural
|
*taliþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*talljandī
|
*tald
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *talʲlʲan”
