*lingwaną

Runic: ᛚᛁᚾᚷᚹᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈliŋʷ.ɡʷɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to make progress, succeed

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (‘lightweight; swift’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularlingwōlingwaų–
2nd singularlingwizilingwaizlingw
3rd singularlingwidilingwailingwadau
1st duallingwōzlingwaiw–
2nd duallingwadizlingwaidizlingwadiz
1st plurallingwamazlingwaim–
2nd plurallingwidlingwaidlingwid
3rd plurallingwandilingwainlingwandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularlingwai–
2nd singularlingwazailingwaizau
3rd singularlingwadailingwaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st plurallingwandailingwaindau
2nd plurallingwandailingwaindau
3rd plurallingwandailingwaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularlangwlungį̄
2nd singularlanhtlungīz
3rd singularlangwlungī
1st duallungūlungīw
2nd duallungudizlungīdiz
1st plurallungumlungīm
2nd plurallungudlungīd
3rd plurallungunlungīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
lingwaną lingwandz lunganaz

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Descendants

  • *lingwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • lingan (Old High German)
      • lingen (Middle High German)
        • lingen (German)
  • *lingwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lingan (Old Saxon)
      • lingen (Middle Low German)
        • lingen (German Low German)
  • *lingwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *galingwan (Proto-West Germanic)
      • *gilingan (Old Dutch)
        • gelingen (Middle Dutch)
          • gelingen (Dutch)
  • *lingwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *galingwan (Proto-West Germanic)
      • gilingan (Old High German)
        • gelingen (Middle High German)
          • gelingen (German)
          • geléngen (Luxembourgish)
          • געלינגען (gelingen) (Yiddish)
  • *lingwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *galingwan (Proto-West Germanic)
      • *gilingan (Old Saxon)
        • gelingen (Middle Low German)

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