Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laudijan

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

Etymology

From *laud (“lead”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*laudijan

1. to use lead
2. to make out of lead
3. to cover with lead

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*laudijan
1st sg. past	*laudidā
Infinitive	*laudijan
Genitive infin.	*laudijannjas
Dative infin.	*laudijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*laudijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*laudiju	*laudidā
2nd singular	*laudisi	*laudidēs, *laudidōs
3rd singular	*laudiþi	*laudidē, *laudidā
1st plural	*laudijum	*laudidum
2nd plural	*laudiþ	*laudidud
3rd plural	*laudijanþ	*laudidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*laudijē	*laudidī
2nd singular	*laudijēs	*laudidī
3rd singular	*laudijē	*laudidī
1st plural	*laudijēm	*laudidīm
2nd plural	*laudijēþ	*laudidīd
3rd plural	*laudijēn	*laudidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*laudi
Plural	*laudiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*laudijandī	*laudid

Descendants

• Old English: *līedan
  • Middle English: leden
    • English: lead
• Old Frisian: *lēda
  • West Frisian: leadzje (the class 2 inflection is unexpected, possibly reshaped)
• Old Saxon: *lōdian
  • Middle Low German: lȫden
• Old Dutch: *lōden
  • Middle Dutch: lôden
    • Dutch: loden
• Old High German: lōten
  • Middle High German: löten
    • German: löten