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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waitijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *woydéyeti, causative of *weyd- (“to see”). Equivalent to *wītaną (“to know”) + *-janą. Cognate with Sanskrit वेदयति (vedayati, “announce”) and Old Irish foídid (“send”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwai̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*waitijaną
- to cause to know, to show
Inflection
Conjugation of *waitijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *waitijō | *waitijaų | — | *waitijai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *waitīsi | *waitijais | *waitī | *waitijasai | *waitijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *waitīþi | *waitijai | *waitijaþau | *waitijaþai | *waitijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *waitijōs | *waitijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *waitijaþiz | *waitijaiþiz | *waitijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *waitijamaz | *waitijaim | — | *waitijanþai | *waitijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *waitīþ | *waitijaiþ | *waitīþ | *waitijanþai | *waitijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *waitijanþi | *waitijain | *waitijanþau | *waitijanþai | *waitijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *waitidǭ | *waitidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *waitidēz | *waitidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *waitidē | *waitidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *waitidēdū | *waitidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *waitidēdudiz | *waitidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *waitidēdum | *waitidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *waitidēdud | *waitidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *waitidēdun | *waitidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *waitijandz | *waitidaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *waitijan
- Old Frisian: wēta (“to claim, testify”)
- Old High German: weizen (“to show, prove”)
- Old Norse: veita (“to give, grant”)
- Icelandic: veita (“to give, grant, offer”)
- Old Danish: vide/vede (“to give, offer, admit”)
- Middle Norwegian: veita (“to give, promise, fulfill”)
- Old Swedish: vēta (“to give, grant, offer”)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- Hellquist, Elof (1922) Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN