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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līkattjan

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 *galīk +‎ *-attjan.

Verb

*līkattjan[1]

  1. to pretend
  2. to flatter

Inflection
Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive *līkattjan
1st sg. past *līkattā
Infinitive *līkattjan
Genitive infin. *līkattjannjas
Dative infin. *līkattjannjē
Instrum. infin. *līkattjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *līkattju *līkattā
2nd singular *līkatisi *līkattēs, *līkattōs
3rd singular *līkatiþi *līkattē, *līkattā
1st plural *līkattjum *līkattum
2nd plural *līkatiþ *līkattud
3rd plural *līkattjanþ *līkattun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *līkattjē *līkattī
2nd singular *līkattjēs *līkattī
3rd singular *līkattjē *līkattī
1st plural *līkattjēm *līkattīm
2nd plural *līkattjēþ *līkattīd
3rd plural *līkattjēn *līkattīn
Imperative Present
Singular *līkati
Plural *līkatiþ
Present Past
Participle *līkattjandī *līkatt

Descendants
  • Old English: līċettan
  • Old High German: līhhezzen

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “*līkatʲtʲan”
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