Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aldijan

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *aldijaną.

Verb[edit]

*aldijan[1]

  1. to delay, postpone

Inflection[edit]

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *aldijan
1st sg. past *aldidā
Infinitive *aldijan
Genitive infin. *aldijannjas
Dative infin. *aldijannjē
Instrum. infin. *aldijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *aldiju *aldidā
2nd singular *aldisi *aldidēs, *aldidōs
3rd singular *aldiþi *aldidē, *aldidā
1st plural *aldijum *aldidum
2nd plural *aldiþ *aldidud
3rd plural *aldijanþ *aldidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *aldijē *aldidī
2nd singular *aldijēs *aldidī
3rd singular *aldijē *aldidī
1st plural *aldijēm *aldidīm
2nd plural *aldijēþ *aldidīd
3rd plural *aldijēn *aldidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *aldi
Plural *aldiþ
Present Past
Participle *aldijandī *aldid

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: ieldan
  • Old High German: elten

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231:PWGmc *aldijan