Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stelaną

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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]

According to Kroonen & Lubotsky (2009), from Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”) (compare e.g. Sanskrit त्सर् (tsar), Shughni се̂рт (sêrt, “to steal, sneak”), Old Armenian սողիմ (sołim, “to creep, to steal”)).[1] The supposed metathesis *ts > *st has no exact parallels, but a similar development appears in *spenô (“nipple”), from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“breast”). Numerous other etymologies with semantic or phonetic difficulties have been earlier proposed as well.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*stelaną[2][3][4]

  1. to steal
  2. to sneak

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *stelaną (strong class 4)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *stelō *stelaų — *stelai ?
2nd singular *stilizi *stelaiz *stel *stelazai *stelaizau
3rd singular *stilidi *stelai *steladau *steladai *stelaidau
1st dual *stelōz *stelaiw — — —
2nd dual *steladiz *stelaidiz *steladiz — —
1st plural *stelamaz *stelaim — *stelandai *stelaindau
2nd plural *stilid *stelaid *stilid *stelandai *stelaindau
3rd plural *stelandi *stelain *stelandau *stelandai *stelaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *stal *stēlį̄
2nd singular *stalt *stēlīz
3rd singular *stal *stēlī
1st dual *stēlū *stēlīw
2nd dual *stēludiz *stēlīdiz
1st plural *stēlum *stēlīm
2nd plural *stēlud *stēlīd
3rd plural *stēlun *stēlīn
present past
participles *stelandz *stulanaz

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus with Lubotsky, Alexander (2009) “Proto-Indo-European *tsel- 'to sneak' and Germanic *stelan- 'to steal, approach stealthily'”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia‎[1], volume 14
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stelan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 476
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*stelanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 374
  4. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “STEL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 468
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