Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lauþrijaną

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

From *lauþrą (“soap”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑʊ̯.θri.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lauþrijaną

1. to soap
2. to wash, to clean

Inflection

Conjugation of *lauþrijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lauþrijō	*lauþrijaų	—	*lauþrijai	?
2nd singular	*lauþrīsi	*lauþrijais	*lauþrī	*lauþrijasai	*lauþrijaisau
3rd singular	*lauþrīþi	*lauþrijai	*lauþrijaþau	*lauþrijaþai	*lauþrijaiþau
1st dual	*lauþrijōs	*lauþrijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lauþrijaþiz	*lauþrijaiþiz	*lauþrijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*lauþrijamaz	*lauþrijaim	—	*lauþrijanþai	*lauþrijainþau
2nd plural	*lauþrīþ	*lauþrijaiþ	*lauþrīþ	*lauþrijanþai	*lauþrijainþau
3rd plural	*lauþrijanþi	*lauþrijain	*lauþrijanþau	*lauþrijanþai	*lauþrijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lauþridǭ	*lauþridēdį̄
2nd singular	*lauþridēz	*lauþridēdīz
3rd singular	*lauþridē	*lauþridēdī
1st dual	*lauþridēdū	*lauþridēdīw
2nd dual	*lauþridēdudiz	*lauþridēdīdiz
1st plural	*lauþridēdum	*lauþridēdīm
2nd plural	*lauþridēdud	*lauþridēdīd
3rd plural	*lauþridēdun	*lauþridēdīn
	present	past
participles	*lauþrijandz	*lauþridaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lauþrijan
  • Old English: līeþran, lȳþran, lēþran, līþran
    • Middle English: letheren, lutheren, litheren, latheren
      • English: lather
• Old Norse: leyðra
  • Icelandic: leyðra
  • Swedish: löddra, loddra