Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fallattjan

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

Etymology

From *fallan +‎ *-attjan.

Verb

*fallattjan^[1]

to collapse

Inflection

Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive	*fallattjan
1st sg. past	*fallattā
Infinitive	*fallattjan
Genitive infin.	*fallattjannjas
Dative infin.	*fallattjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*fallattjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*fallattju	*fallattā
2nd singular	*fallatisi	fallattēs, fallattōs
3rd singular	*fallatiþi	fallattē, fallattā
1st plural	*fallattjum	*fallattum
2nd plural	*fallatiþ	*fallattud
3rd plural	*fallattjanþ	*fallattun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*fallattjē	*fallattī
2nd singular	*fallattjēs	*fallattī
3rd singular	*fallattjē	*fallattī
1st plural	*fallattjēm	*fallattīm
2nd plural	*fallattjēþ	*fallattīd
3rd plural	*fallattjēn	*fallattīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*fallati
Plural	*fallatiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*fallattjandī	*fallatt

Descendants

Old English: feallettan (attested as falletande (present participle))
Old High German: fallezzen, fallazzen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “*fallatʲtʲan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “*fallatʲtʲan”

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