Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lahaną

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 *lok-. Compare Old Irish locht (“fault, vice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lahaną

1. to blame, fault, reproach

Inflection

Conjugation of *lahaną (strong class 6)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lahō	*lahaų	—	*lahai	?
2nd singular	*lahizi	*lahaiz	*lah	*lahazai	*lahaizau
3rd singular	*lahidi	*lahai	*lahadau	*lahadai	*lahaidau
1st dual	*lahōz	*lahaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lahadiz	*lahaidiz	*lahadiz	—	—
1st plural	*lahamaz	*lahaim	—	*lahandai	*lahaindau
2nd plural	*lahid	*lahaid	*lahid	*lahandai	*lahaindau
3rd plural	*lahandi	*lahain	*lahandau	*lahandai	*lahaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lōg	*lōgį̄
2nd singular	*lōht	*lōgīz
3rd singular	*lōg	*lōgī
1st dual	*lōgū	*lōgīw
2nd dual	*lōgudiz	*lōgīdiz
1st plural	*lōgum	*lōgīm
2nd plural	*lōgud	*lōgīd
3rd plural	*lōgun	*lōgīn
	present	past
participles	*lahandz	*laganaz

Related terms

• *lahstuz
• *lahstraz
• *lahtrą/*lahtraz
• *lakkōną/*lakōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lahan
  • Old English: lēan
    • Middle English: *lēen (attested in past tense lough)
  • Old Saxon: lahan
  • Old High German: lahan
• Old Norse: *lá
  • Icelandic: lá
• ⇒? Proto-Finnic: *laittadak