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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īdalijan

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 *īdal (idle, unused) + *-jan.

Verb

*īdalijan

  1. to empty out, to make empty

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *īdalijan
1st sg. past *īdalidā
Infinitive *īdalijan
Genitive infin. *īdalijannjas
Dative infin. *īdalijannjē
Instrum. infin. *īdalijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *īdaliju *īdalidā
2nd singular *īdalisi *īdalidēs, *īdalidōs
3rd singular *īdaliþi *īdalidē, *īdalidā
1st plural *īdalijum *īdalidum
2nd plural *īdaliþ *īdalidud
3rd plural *īdalijanþ *īdalidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *īdalijē *īdalidī
2nd singular *īdalijēs *īdalidī
3rd singular *īdalijē *īdalidī
1st plural *īdalijēm *īdalidīm
2nd plural *īdalijēþ *īdalidīd
3rd plural *īdalijēn *īdalidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *īdali
Plural *īdaliþ
Present Past
Participle *īdalijandī *īdalid

Descendants

Later descendants conflate this word with *īdalēn

  • Old English: *īdlan
    • Middle English: idelen
  • Old Saxon: *īdalian
    • Middle Low German: īdelen
  • Old Dutch: *īdilen
    • Middle Dutch: idelen
      • Dutch: ijdelen
  • Old High German: ītalen
    • Middle High German: ītelen, īteln
      • German: eiteln
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