< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waikwijaną
 | This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *waikwaz (“weak”) + *-janą or *wīkwaną (“to yield, to fold”) + *-janą, which would make the original sense of this word 'to cause to yield'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑi̯.kʷi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*waikwijaną
- to make weak, to weaken, to soften
Inflection
Conjugation of *waikwijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *waikwijō | *waikwijaų | — | *waikwijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *waikwīsi | *waikwijais | *waikwī | *waikwijasai | *waikwijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *waikwīþi | *waikwijai | *waikwijaþau | *waikwijaþai | *waikwijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *waikwijōs | *waikwijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *waikwijaþiz | *waikwijaiþiz | *waikwijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *waikwijamaz | *waikwijaim | — | *waikwijanþai | *waikwijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *waikwīþ | *waikwijaiþ | *waikwīþ | *waikwijanþai | *waikwijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *waikwijanþi | *waikwijain | *waikwijanþau | *waikwijanþai | *waikwijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *waikwidǭ | *waikwidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *waikwidēz | *waikwidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *waikwidē | *waikwidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *waikwidēdū | *waikwidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *waikwidēdudiz | *waikwidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *waikwidēdum | *waikwidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *waikwidēdud | *waikwidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *waikwidēdun | *waikwidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *waikwijandz | *waikwidaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: wǣcan
- Old Frisian: wēka
- Old Saxon: *wēkian
- Middle Low German: weiken
- Frankish: *waikijan
- Old Dutch: wēken, (weicon)
- Middle Dutch: wēken, weiken
- Dutch: weken
- Afrikaans: week
- Limburgish: weike
- Dutch: weken
- Middle Dutch: wēken, weiken
- → Old French: avachir
- Middle French: avachir
- French: avachir
- Middle French: avachir
- Old Dutch: wēken, (weicon)
- Old High German: weihhen
- Middle High German: weichen
- Cimbrian: bòochan
- German: weichen
- Luxembourgish: weechen
- Middle High German: weichen
- Old Norse: veikja
- Icelandic: veikja
- Faroese: veikja
- Old Swedish: vēkia