Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wlaitōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

An o-grade iterative to *wlītaną (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwlɑi̯.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wlaitōną

1. to look around, look for

Inflection

Conjugation of *wlaitōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wlaitō	*wlaitǭ	—	*wlaitōi	?
2nd singular	*wlaitōsi	*wlaitōs	*wlaitō	*wlaitōsai	*wlaitōsau
3rd singular	*wlaitōþi	*wlaitō	*wlaitōþau	*wlaitōþai	*wlaitōþau
1st dual	*wlaitōs	*wlaitōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wlaitōþiz	*wlaitōþiz	*wlaitōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wlaitōmaz	*wlaitōm	—	*wlaitōnþai	*wlaitōnþau
2nd plural	*wlaitōþ	*wlaitōþ	*wlaitōþ	*wlaitōnþai	*wlaitōnþau
3rd plural	*wlaitōnþi	*wlaitōn	*wlaitōnþau	*wlaitōnþai	*wlaitōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wlaitōdǭ	*wlaitōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*wlaitōdēz	*wlaitōdēdīz
3rd singular	*wlaitōdē	*wlaitōdēdī
1st dual	*wlaitōdēdū	*wlaitōdēdīw
2nd dual	*wlaitōdēdudiz	*wlaitōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*wlaitōdēdum	*wlaitōdēdīm
2nd plural	*wlaitōdēdud	*wlaitōdēdīd
3rd plural	*wlaitōdēdun	*wlaitōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*wlaitōndz	*wlaitōdaz

Derived terms

• *wlaitōniz

Related terms

• *wlittōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wlaitōn
  • Old English: wlātian
    • Middle English: wlaten, laiten
      • English: lait
      • Scots: wlate
• Old Norse: leita
  • Icelandic: leita
  • Faroese: leita
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leita
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: leite
  • Elfdalian: lieta
  • Danish: lede
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lete
  • Old Swedish: lēta
    • Swedish: leta
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 (wlaitōn)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN