Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balþijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *balþaz (“bold”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑl.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *balþijō | *balþijaų | — | *balþijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *balþīsi | *balþijais | *balþī | *balþijasai | *balþijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *balþīþi | *balþijai | *balþijaþau | *balþijaþai | *balþijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *balþijōs | *balþijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *balþijaþiz | *balþijaiþiz | *balþijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *balþijamaz | *balþijaim | — | *balþijanþai | *balþijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *balþīþ | *balþijaiþ | *balþīþ | *balþijanþai | *balþijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *balþijanþi | *balþijain | *balþijanþau | *balþijanþai | *balþijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *balþidǭ | *balþidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *balþidēz | *balþidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *balþidē | *balþidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *balþidēdū | *balþidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *balþidēdudiz | *balþidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *balþidēdum | *balþidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *balþidēdud | *balþidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *balþidēdun | *balþidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *balþijandz | *balþidaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *balþijan
- Old English: bieldan, byldan, bildan — Late West Saxon
- Old Saxon: beldian
- Old High German: belden
- Old Norse: bella
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (balþjan)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*balþ/da-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50: “*balþjan-”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*balþjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34