< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti, from *h₂weh₁-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wēaną
- to blow (of wind)
Inflection
Conjugation of *wēaną (strong class 7)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *wēō | *wēaų | — | *wēai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *wēizi | *wēaiz | *wē | *wēazai | *wēaizau |
| 3rd singular | *wēidi | *wēai | *wēadau | *wēadai | *wēaidau |
| 1st dual | *wēōz | *wēaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *wēadiz | *wēaidiz | *wēadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *wēamaz | *wēaim | — | *wēandai | *wēaindau |
| 2nd plural | *wēid | *wēaid | *wēid | *wēandai | *wēaindau |
| 3rd plural | *wēandi | *wēain | *wēandau | *wēandai | *wēaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *wewō | *wewōį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *wewōt | *wewōīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *wewō | *wewōī | |||
| 1st dual | *wewōū | *wewōīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *wewōudiz | *wewōīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *wewōum | *wewōīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *wewōud | *wewōīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *wewōun | *wewōīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *wēandz | *wēanaz | |||
Synonyms
- *blēaną
- *blēsaną
Descendants
- Old English: wāwan
- Old Saxon: wāian
- Low German: weihn
- German Low German: weihen
- Old Dutch: wāien
- Middle Dutch: wâyen
- Dutch: waaien
- Limburgish: wèjje
- Middle Dutch: wâyen
- Old High German: wāen, wāhen
- German: wehen
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (waian)