Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/langōną

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 Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ-, *legʷʰ- (“to be easy, be quick, jump, move around, vary”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑŋ.ɡɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*langōną

1. To desire; long for

Inflection

Conjugation of *langōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*langō	*langǭ	—	*langōi	?
2nd singular	*langōsi	*langōs	*langō	*langōsai	*langōsau
3rd singular	*langōþi	*langō	*langōþau	*langōþai	*langōþau
1st dual	*langōs	*langōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*langōþiz	*langōþiz	*langōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*langōmaz	*langōm	—	*langōnþai	*langōnþau
2nd plural	*langōþ	*langōþ	*langōþ	*langōnþai	*langōnþau
3rd plural	*langōnþi	*langōn	*langōnþau	*langōnþai	*langōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*langōdǭ	*langōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*langōdēz	*langōdēdīz
3rd singular	*langōdē	*langōdēdī
1st dual	*langōdēdū	*langōdēdīw
2nd dual	*langōdēdudiz	*langōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*langōdēdum	*langōdēdīm
2nd plural	*langōdēdud	*langōdēdīd
3rd plural	*langōdēdun	*langōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*langōndz	*langōdaz

Related terms

• *langāną/*langijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *langōn
  • Old English: langian; belangian; ġelangian; (lengan; ġelengan < *langijaną)
    • Middle English: langen, longen; belangen, belongen
      • Scots: lang; belang
      • English: long; belong
  • Old Frisian: *langia; *belangia
    • Saterland Frisian: beloangje
    • West Frisian: belangje
  • Old Saxon: langon
    • Middle Low German: langen; belangen
      • German Low German: langen; belangen; verlangen
  • Old Dutch: *langon; (*langen < *langijaną)
    • Middle Dutch: langhen; belangen
      • Dutch: langen, verlangen; belang
  • Old High German: gilangōn; (langēn, belangēn < *langijaną)
    • Middle High German: gelangen; (langen)
      • German: gelangen; langen; (verlangen)
• Old Norse: langa
  • Icelandic: langa
  • (Norwegian: lengte)
  • Old Swedish: langa
    • Swedish: långa (archaic)
  • Danish: længes