Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fallattjan
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
*fallattjan[1]
- to collapse
Inflection[edit]
| Class 1 weak j-present | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *fallattjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *fallattā | |
| Infinitive | *fallattjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *fallattjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *fallattjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *fallattjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fallattju | *fallattā |
| 2nd singular | *fallatisi | *fallattēs, *fallattōs |
| 3rd singular | *fallatiþi | *fallattē, *fallattā |
| 1st plural | *fallattjum | *fallattum |
| 2nd plural | *fallatiþ | *fallattud |
| 3rd plural | *fallattjanþ | *fallattun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fallattjē | *fallattī |
| 2nd singular | *fallattjēs | *fallattī |
| 3rd singular | *fallattjē | *fallattī |
| 1st plural | *fallattjēm | *fallattīm |
| 2nd plural | *fallattjēþ | *fallattīd |
| 3rd plural | *fallattjēn | *fallattīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *fallati | |
| Plural | *fallatiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *fallattjandī | *fallatt |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: feallettan (attested as falletande (present participle))
- Old High German: fallezzen, fallazzen
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “*fallatʲtʲan”