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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]

  1. to make light
  2. to make easy

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lį̄htijan
    • Old English: līehtan
      • Middle English: lihten, liȝten, lighten
    • Old Frisian: līchta
    • Old Saxon: *līhtian
    • Old Dutch: *līhten
    • Old High German: līhten
      • Middle High German: līhten
  • Old Norse: létta

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lenxwtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 241
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