Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lētaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let (go), be tired”). Compare Latin lassus (“tired”), Albanian lodh, and possibly Ancient Greek ληδεῖν (lēdeîn, “to be tired”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*lētaną
- to let, to allow
- to leave alone
Inflection
[edit]| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *lētō | *lētaų | — | *lētai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *lētizi | *lētaiz | *lēt | *lētazai | *lētaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *lētidi | *lētai | *lētadau | *lētadai | *lētaidau | |
| 1st dual | *lētōz | *lētaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *lētadiz | *lētaidiz | *lētadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *lētamaz | *lētaim | — | *lētandai | *lētaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *lētid | *lētaid | *lētid | *lētandai | *lētaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *lētandi | *lētain | *lētandau | *lētandai | *lētaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *lelōt | *leltį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *lelōst | *leltīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *lelōt | *leltī | ||||
| 1st dual | *leltū | *leltīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *leltudiz | *leltīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *leltum | *leltīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *leltud | *leltīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *leltun | *leltīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *lētandz | *lētanaz | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *lātan
- Old English: lǣtan
- Old Frisian: lēta
- Old Saxon: lātan
- Old Dutch: lātan
- Old High German: lāzan, lāȥȥan — early
- Old Norse: láta
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan)