Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lāwijan

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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 *lēwijaną.

Verb[edit]

*lāwijan[1]

  1. to betray

Inflection[edit]

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *lāwijan
1st sg. past *lāwidā
Infinitive *lāwijan
Genitive infin. *lāwijannjas
Dative infin. *lāwijannjē
Instrum. infin. *lāwijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *lāwiju *lāwidā
2nd singular *lāwisi *lāwidēs, *lāwidōs
3rd singular *lāwiþi *lāwidē, *lāwidā
1st plural *lāwijum *lāwidum
2nd plural *lāwiþ *lāwidud
3rd plural *lāwijanþ *lāwidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *lāwijē *lāwidī
2nd singular *lāwijēs *lāwidī
3rd singular *lāwijē *lāwidī
1st plural *lāwijēm *lāwidīm
2nd plural *lāwijēþ *lāwidīd
3rd plural *lāwijēn *lāwidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *lāwi
Plural *lāwiþ
Present Past
Participle *lāwijandī *lāwid

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150:PWGmc *lāwijan