Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ōþalōną

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 *ōþalą (“inheritance”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.θɑ.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ōþalōną

1. to inherit, to acquire by inheriting

Inflection

Conjugation of *ōþalōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ōþalō	*ōþalǭ	—	*ōþalōi	?
2nd singular	*ōþalōsi	*ōþalōs	*ōþalō	*ōþalōsai	*ōþalōsau
3rd singular	*ōþalōþi	*ōþalō	*ōþalōþau	*ōþalōþai	*ōþalōþau
1st dual	*ōþalōs	*ōþalōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*ōþalōþiz	*ōþalōþiz	*ōþalōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*ōþalōmaz	*ōþalōm	—	*ōþalōnþai	*ōþalōnþau
2nd plural	*ōþalōþ	*ōþalōþ	*ōþalōþ	*ōþalōnþai	*ōþalōnþau
3rd plural	*ōþalōnþi	*ōþalōn	*ōþalōnþau	*ōþalōnþai	*ōþalōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ōþalōdǭ	*ōþalōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*ōþalōdēz	*ōþalōdēdīz
3rd singular	*ōþalōdē	*ōþalōdēdī
1st dual	*ōþalōdēdū	*ōþalōdēdīw
2nd dual	*ōþalōdēdudiz	*ōþalōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*ōþalōdēdum	*ōþalōdēdīm
2nd plural	*ōþalōdēdud	*ōþalōdēdīd
3rd plural	*ōþalōdēdun	*ōþalōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*ōþalōndz	*ōþalōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ōþilōn
  • Old Frisian: ēthelia
• Old Norse: ǫðlask, óðlask
  • Icelandic: öðlast
  • Norwegian: odla, odle
  • Swedish: odla
    • → Danish: odle (obsolete)
  • → Old English: edlēan
    • Middle English: addlen, adlen
      • English: addle