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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wedaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to join”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwe.ðɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wedaną[1]
- to join
Inflection
Conjugation of *wedaną (strong class 5)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *wedō | *wedaų | — | *wedai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *widizi | *wedaiz | *wed | *wedazai | *wedaizau |
| 3rd singular | *wididi | *wedai | *wedadau | *wedadai | *wedaidau |
| 1st dual | *wedōz | *wedaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *wedadiz | *wedaidiz | *wedadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *wedamaz | *wedaim | — | *wedandai | *wedaindau |
| 2nd plural | *widid | *wedaid | *widid | *wedandai | *wedaindau |
| 3rd plural | *wedandi | *wedain | *wedandau | *wedandai | *wedaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *wad | *wēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *wast | *wēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *wad | *wēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *wēdū | *wēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *wēdudiz | *wēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *wēdum | *wēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *wēdud | *wēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *wēdun | *wēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *wedandz | *wedanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *gawedaną
Descendants
- Old High German: wetan
- Middle High German: wëten
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (inwidan)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wedanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 451