Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leusaną

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 *lewHs-, from *lewH- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleu̯.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*leusaną

1. to lose

Inflection

Conjugation of *leusaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*leusō	*leusaų	—	*leusai	?
2nd singular	*liusizi	*leusaiz	*leus	*leusazai	*leusaizau
3rd singular	*liusidi	*leusai	*leusadau	*leusadai	*leusaidau
1st dual	*leusōz	*leusaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*leusadiz	*leusaidiz	*leusadiz	—	—
1st plural	*leusamaz	*leusaim	—	*leusandai	*leusaindau
2nd plural	*liusid	*leusaid	*liusid	*leusandai	*leusaindau
3rd plural	*leusandi	*leusain	*leusandau	*leusandai	*leusaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*laus	*luzį̄
2nd singular	*laust	*luzīz
3rd singular	*laus	*luzī
1st dual	*luzū	*luzīw
2nd dual	*luzudiz	*luzīdiz
1st plural	*luzum	*luzīm
2nd plural	*luzud	*luzīd
3rd plural	*luzun	*luzīn
	present	past
participles	*leusandz	*luzanaz

Derived terms

• *bileusaną
• *fraleusaną
• *uzleusaną

Related terms

• *lausijaną

Descendants

• Old English: *lēosan
  • Middle English: lesen; losen (from a merger of Old English *lēosan and Old English losian)
    • English: leese; lose
    • Scots: lese, leis
• Old Frisian: liāsa
• Old Saxon: *liosan
  • Middle Low German: lêsen
• Old High German: *liosan
  • Middle High German: liesen
• Gothic: *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*liusan) (in derivatives)