Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slihtijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *slihtaz (“plain, even”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈslix.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*slihtijaną[1]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *slihtijō | *slihtijaų | — | *slihtijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *slihtīsi | *slihtijais | *slihtī | *slihtijasai | *slihtijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *slihtīþi | *slihtijai | *slihtijaþau | *slihtijaþai | *slihtijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *slihtijōs | *slihtijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *slihtijaþiz | *slihtijaiþiz | *slihtijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *slihtijamaz | *slihtijaim | — | *slihtijanþai | *slihtijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *slihtīþ | *slihtijaiþ | *slihtīþ | *slihtijanþai | *slihtijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *slihtijanþi | *slihtijain | *slihtijanþau | *slihtijanþai | *slihtijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *slihtidǭ | *slihtidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *slihtidēz | *slihtidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *slihtidē | *slihtidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *slihtidēdū | *slihtidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *slihtidēdudiz | *slihtidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *slihtidēdum | *slihtidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *slihtidēdud | *slihtidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *slihtidēdun | *slihtidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *slihtijandz | *slihtidaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *slihtijan
- Old Saxon: slihtian
- Middle Low German: slichten, slechten
- Old Dutch: slihten
- Old High German: slihten
- Middle High German: slihten
- German: schlichten
- Middle High German: slihten
- Old Saxon: slihtian
- Old Norse: slétta
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slixtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351