Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/falþaną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Pre-Germanic *polt-, with suffixal -t-, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑl.θɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*falþaną[1]

  1. to fold

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *falþaną (strong class 7c)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *falþō *falþaų — *falþai ?
2nd singular *falþizi *falþaiz *falþ *falþazai *falþaizau
3rd singular *falþidi *falþai *falþadau *falþadai *falþaidau
1st dual *falþōz *falþaiw — — —
2nd dual *falþadiz *falþaidiz *falþadiz — —
1st plural *falþamaz *falþaim — *falþandai *falþaindau
2nd plural *falþid *falþaid *falþid *falþandai *falþaindau
3rd plural *falþandi *falþain *falþandau *falþandai *falþaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fefalþ *fefaldį̄
2nd singular *fefalst *fefaldīz
3rd singular *fefalþ *fefaldī
1st dual *fefaldū *fefaldīw
2nd dual *fefaldudiz *fefaldīdiz
1st plural *fefaldum *fefaldīm
2nd plural *fefaldud *fefaldīd
3rd plural *fefaldun *fefaldīn
present past
participles *falþandz *faldanaz

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*falþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
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