Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linhtijaną

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 *linhtaz (“light, having little weight”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlinx.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*linhtijaną

1. to make light
2. to make easy

Inflection

Conjugation of *linhtijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*linhtijō	*linhtijaų	—	*linhtijai	?
2nd singular	*linhtīsi	*linhtijais	*linhtī	*linhtijasai	*linhtijaisau
3rd singular	*linhtīþi	*linhtijai	*linhtijaþau	*linhtijaþai	*linhtijaiþau
1st dual	*linhtijōs	*linhtijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*linhtijaþiz	*linhtijaiþiz	*linhtijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*linhtijamaz	*linhtijaim	—	*linhtijanþai	*linhtijainþau
2nd plural	*linhtīþ	*linhtijaiþ	*linhtīþ	*linhtijanþai	*linhtijainþau
3rd plural	*linhtijanþi	*linhtijain	*linhtijanþau	*linhtijanþai	*linhtijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*linhtidǭ	*linhtidēdį̄
2nd singular	*linhtidēz	*linhtidēdīz
3rd singular	*linhtidē	*linhtidēdī
1st dual	*linhtidēdū	*linhtidēdīw
2nd dual	*linhtidēdudiz	*linhtidēdīdiz
1st plural	*linhtidēdum	*linhtidēdīm
2nd plural	*linhtidēdud	*linhtidēdīd
3rd plural	*linhtidēdun	*linhtidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*linhtijandz	*linhtidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lį̄htijan
  • Old English: līehtan
    • Middle English: lihten, liȝten, lighten
      • English: light
      • Scots: licht
  • Old Frisian: līchta
    • West Frisian: lichte
  • Old Saxon: *līhtian
    • Middle Low German: lichten
  • Old Dutch: *līhten
    • Middle Dutch: lichten
      • Dutch: lichten
  • Old High German: līhten
    • Middle High German: līhten
• Old Norse: létta
  • Icelandic: létta
  • Norwegian:

    Bokmål: lette

    Nynorsk: lette, letta

  • Danish: lette