Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walkaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *welk-, *welg-, extended form of *welH- (to turn, to wind, roll).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑl.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*walkaną

  1. to turn, wind, roll, toss
  2. to wend, walk, wander
  3. to trample, full (cloth)

Inflection

Conjugation of *walkaną (strong class 7c)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *walkō *walkaų *walkai ?
2nd singular *walkizi *walkaiz *walk *walkazai *walkaizau
3rd singular *walkidi *walkai *walkadau *walkadai *walkaidau
1st dual *walkōz *walkaiw
2nd dual *walkadiz *walkaidiz *walkadiz
1st plural *walkamaz *walkaim *walkandai *walkaindau
2nd plural *walkid *walkaid *walkid *walkandai *walkaindau
3rd plural *walkandi *walkain *walkandau *walkandai *walkaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wewalk *wewalkį̄
2nd singular *wewalht *wewalkīz
3rd singular *wewalk *wewalkī
1st dual *wewalkū *wewalkīw
2nd dual *wewalkudiz *wewalkīdiz
1st plural *wewalkum *wewalkīm
2nd plural *wewalkud *wewalkīd
3rd plural *wewalkun *wewalkīn
present past
participles *walkandz *walkanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*walkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 570