Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wabjaną

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wabjaną

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 *webaną (“to weave”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑβ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wabjaną[1][2]

1. to cause to weave
2. to wrap, to entangle

Inflection

Conjugation of *wabjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wabjō	*wabjaų	—	*wabjai	?
2nd singular	*wabisi	*wabjais	*wabi	*wabjasai	*wabjaisau
3rd singular	*wabiþi	*wabjai	*wabjaþau	*wabjaþai	*wabjaiþau
1st dual	*wabjōs	*wabjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wabjaþiz	*wabjaiþiz	*wabjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wabjamaz	*wabjaim	—	*wabjanþai	*wabjainþau
2nd plural	*wabiþ	*wabjaiþ	*wabiþ	*wabjanþai	*wabjainþau
3rd plural	*wabjanþi	*wabjain	*wabjanþau	*wabjanþai	*wabjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wabidǭ	*wabidēdį̄
2nd singular	*wabidēz	*wabidēdīz
3rd singular	*wabidē	*wabidēdī
1st dual	*wabidēdū	*wabidēdīw
2nd dual	*wabidēdudiz	*wabidēdīdiz
1st plural	*wabidēdum	*wabidēdīm
2nd plural	*wabidēdud	*wabidēdīd
3rd plural	*wabidēdun	*wabidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*wabjandz	*wabidaz

Related terms

• *wabją

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wabbjan
  • Old English: webbian
    • Middle English: webben, webbe, webbon, webbyne
      • English: web
      • Scots: wab
• Old Norse: vefja
  • Icelandic: vefja
  • Faroese: vevja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vevja, vevje
  • Elfdalian: veva

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wabjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 438
2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wabjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 564