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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi, from *h₂el- (“to raise, feed, nourish”).[1] Cognate with Latin alō (“nourish”, verb)[1].

Verb

*alaną [2]

  1. to grow
  2. to grow old, to mature
  3. to breed
Inflection
Conjugation of *alaną (strong class 6)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *alō*alaų—*alai*?
2nd singular *alizi*alaiz*al*alazai*alaizau
3rd singular *alidi*alai*aladau*aladai*alaidau
1st dual *alōz*alaiw———
2nd dual *aladiz*alaidiz*aladiz——
1st plural *alamaz*alaim—*alandai*alaindau
2nd plural *alid*alaid*alid*alandai*alaindau
3rd plural *alandi*alain*alandau*alandai*alaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ōl*ōlį̄
2nd singular *ōlt*ōlīz
3rd singular *ōl*ōlī
1st dual *ōlū*ōlīw
2nd dual *ōludiz*ōlīdiz
1st plural *ōlum*ōlīm
2nd plural *ōlud*ōlīd
3rd plural *ōlun*ōlīn
present past
participles *alandz*alanaz
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *ela- (“to drive, move, go”). Compare Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “move”), Latin alacer (“lively, active, brisk”), Old Irish élud (“evasion”), Irish élaim (“flee”).

Verb

*alaną

  1. to spurn, kick-start, drive
Usage notes
  • This verb is not directly attested in any daughter languages. It is evinced only by possible derivatives and related terms.
Derived terms

References
  1. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “oud”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 19
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