Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glintan

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *glintaną.

Verb[edit]

*glintan

  1. (Elbe Germanic) to shine
  2. (Elbe Germanic) to look

Inflection[edit]

Strong class 3
Infinitive *glintan
1st sg. past *glant
3rd pl. past *gluntun
Past ptcple *gluntan
Infinitive *glintan
Genitive infin. *glintannjas
Dative infin. *glintannjē
Instrum. infin. *glintannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *glintu *glant
2nd singular *glintiʀi *gluntī
3rd singular *glintidi *glant
1st plural *glintum *gluntum
2nd plural *glintid *gluntud
3rd plural *glintand *gluntun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *glintē *gluntī
2nd singular *glintēs *gluntī
3rd singular *glintē *gluntī
1st plural *glintēm *gluntīm
2nd plural *glintēþ *gluntīd
3rd plural *glintēn *gluntīn
Imperative Present
Singular *glint
Plural *glintid
Present Past
Participle *glintandī *gluntan

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old High German: *glinzan

Further reading[edit]

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*glintan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181