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 *lewh₁- (“to cut, sever, separate, loosen, lose”). Outside of Germanic, related to Hittite [script needed] (lūri-, “loss of honor, disgrace”), Tocharian A lāwā- (“to send”), Sanskrit लून (lūna, “to sever, cut forth, destroy, annihilate”), Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, liberate”), Latin luō (“to expiate, pay”), Old Irish asloí (“to escape”), and possibly Old Armenian լուծանեմ (lucanem) and Albanian lirë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleu̯.sɑ.nɑ̃/
• Rhymes: -eu̯.sɑ.nɑ̃

Verb

*leusaną

1. to lose, to cease to have

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
• *lustiz
• *lustuz (possibly)
• *lusą
• *uzleusaną

Related terms

• *lausaz
• *lausijaną
• *lewô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *leusan
  • Old English: lēosan
    • Middle English: lesen
      • English: leese, lese (obsolete)
      • Middle Scots: leis
  • Old Frisian: liāsa
  • Old Saxon: *liosan
    • Middle Low German: lêsen
  • Old High German: *liosan
    • Middle High German: liesen
• Gothic: *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*liusan) (in derivatives)