Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glēsijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From a formation related to either *glasą (“amber, glass”) or *gladaz (“shining, bright, glossy”) + *-janą (though both terms are suspected to trace back to the same ultimate root). See also Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine, glare”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣlɛː.si.jɑː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*glēsijaną(North Germanic)
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *glēsijō | *glēsijaų | — | *glēsijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *glēsīsi | *glēsijais | *glēsī | *glēsijasai | *glēsijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *glēsīþi | *glēsijai | *glēsijaþau | *glēsijaþai | *glēsijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *glēsijōs | *glēsijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *glēsijaþiz | *glēsijaiþiz | *glēsijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *glēsijamaz | *glēsijaim | — | *glēsijanþai | *glēsijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *glēsīþ | *glēsijaiþ | *glēsīþ | *glēsijanþai | *glēsijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *glēsijanþi | *glēsijain | *glēsijanþau | *glēsijanþai | *glēsijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *glēsidǭ | *glēsidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *glēsidēz | *glēsidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *glēsidē | *glēsidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *glēsidēdū | *glēsidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *glēsidēdudiz | *glēsidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *glēsidēdum | *glēsidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *glēsidēdud | *glēsidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *glēsidēdun | *glēsidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *glēsijandz | *glēsidaz | ||||
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒlēsjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136