Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fallan
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *fallaną.
Verb
edit*fallan[1]
- to fall
Inflection
edit| Strong class 7c | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *fallan | |
| 1st sg. past | *feall | |
| 3rd pl. past | *feallun | |
| Past ptcple | *fallan | |
| Infinitive | *fallan | |
| Genitive infin. | *fallannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *fallannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *fallannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fallu | *feall |
| 2nd singular | *falliʀi | *feallī |
| 3rd singular | *fallidi | *feall |
| 1st plural | *fallum | *feallum |
| 2nd plural | *fallid | *feallud |
| 3rd plural | *falland | *feallun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fallē | *feallī |
| 2nd singular | *fallēs | *feallī |
| 3rd singular | *fallē | *feallī |
| 1st plural | *fallēm | *feallīm |
| 2nd plural | *fallēþ | *feallīd |
| 3rd plural | *fallēn | *feallīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *fall | |
| Plural | *fallid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *fallandī | *fallan |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “PWGmc *fallan”