Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leustaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Probably derived from the Proto-Indo-European *lew-s- (“loose, loosen”) in *lausaz, *fraleusaną, with the original connotation of knocking something loose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleu̯s.tɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*leustaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *leustō | *leustaų | — | *leustai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *liustizi | *leustaiz | *leust | *leustazai | *leustaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *liustidi | *leustai | *leustadau | *leustadai | *leustaidau | |
| 1st dual | *leustōz | *leustaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *leustadiz | *leustaidiz | *leustadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *leustamaz | *leustaim | — | *leustandai | *leustaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *liustid | *leustaid | *liustid | *leustandai | *leustaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *leustandi | *leustain | *leustandau | *leustandai | *leustaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *laust | *lustį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *laust | *lustīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *laust | *lustī | ||||
| 1st dual | *lustū | *lustīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *lustudiz | *lustīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *lustum | *lustīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *lustud | *lustīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *lustun | *lustīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *leustandz | *lustanaz | ||||
Descendants
- Old Norse: ljósta
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “ljósta”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)