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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wezāną
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *wizjaną
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to remain; dwell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwe.zɑː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wezāną
- (West Germanic) to stay; linger; remain
Inflection
Conjugation of *wezāną (weak class 3)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *wezō | ? | — | ? | ? |
2nd singular | *wezaisi | ? | *wezai | *wezāsai | ? |
3rd singular | *wezaiþi | ? | *wezāþau | *wezāþai | ? |
1st dual | *wezōs | ? | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *wezāþiz | ? | *wezāþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *wezāmaz | ? | — | *wezānþai | ? |
2nd plural | *wezaiþ | ? | *wezaiþ | *wezānþai | ? |
3rd plural | *wezānþi | ? | *wezānþau | *wezānþai | ? |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *wezadǭ | *wezadēdį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *wezadēz | *wezadēdīz | |||
3rd singular | *wezadē | *wezadēdī | |||
1st dual | *wezadēdū | *wezadēdīw | |||
2nd dual | *wezadēdudiz | *wezadēdīdiz | |||
1st plural | *wezadēdum | *wezadēdīm | |||
2nd plural | *wezadēdud | *wezadēdīd | |||
3rd plural | *wezadēdun | *wezadēdīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *wezāndz | *wezadaz |
Related terms
- *wazōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *weʀēn
- Old English: werian (“to remain; continue; dwell”)
- Middle English: weren (“to remain”)
- Old Saxon: werōn (“to be; tarry; last; remain”)
- Middle Low German: wēren
- German Low German: währen
- Middle Low German: wēren
- Old Dutch: weren, *weron
- Middle Dutch: weren (“to continue; remain”)
- Dutch: weren (obsolete)
- Middle Dutch: weren (“to continue; remain”)
- Old High German: werēn (“to last; continue”)
- Middle High German: wëren
- German: währen
- Middle High German: wëren
- Old English: werian (“to remain; continue; dwell”)