Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/liuhsijaną

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 *leuhsą (light) +‎ *-janą or *leuhsaz (bright) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliu̯x.si.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*liuhsijaną[1][2]

  1. to light, to shine

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *liuhsijō *liuhsijaų *liuhsijai ?
2nd singular *liuhsīsi *liuhsijais *liuhsī *liuhsijasai *liuhsijaisau
3rd singular *liuhsīþi *liuhsijai *liuhsijaþau *liuhsijaþai *liuhsijaiþau
1st dual *liuhsijōs *liuhsijaiw
2nd dual *liuhsijaþiz *liuhsijaiþiz *liuhsijaþiz
1st plural *liuhsijamaz *liuhsijaim *liuhsijanþai *liuhsijainþau
2nd plural *liuhsīþ *liuhsijaiþ *liuhsīþ *liuhsijanþai *liuhsijainþau
3rd plural *liuhsijanþi *liuhsijain *liuhsijanþau *liuhsijanþai *liuhsijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *liuhsidǭ *liuhsidēdį̄
2nd singular *liuhsidēz *liuhsidēdīz
3rd singular *liuhsidē *liuhsidēdī
1st dual *liuhsidēdū *liuhsidēdīw
2nd dual *liuhsidēdudiz *liuhsidēdīdiz
1st plural *liuhsidēdum *liuhsidēdīm
2nd plural *liuhsidēdud *liuhsidēdīd
3rd plural *liuhsidēdun *liuhsidēdīn
present past
participles *liuhsijandz *liuhsidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *liuhsijan
    • Old English: līxan, līexan
  • Old Norse: lýsa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*leuxsjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 242
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leuhsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334:*leuhsjan-