Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līþaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to go, depart, die”). Cognate with Tocharian A litā- (“to pass on”), Avestan 𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (iriθiieiti, “to die, pass away”), Ancient Greek λοίτη (loítē, “tomb”), Latin lītus (“shore, beach”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- to go; pass
- to go through
Inflection
editConjugation of *līþaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *līþan
- Old Norse: líða
- Gothic: *𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (*leiþan)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*līþan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*līþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248