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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēnijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wēniz (“hope, expectation”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɛː.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wēnijaną
- to hope, to expect
- Synonym: *hupōną
- to believe, to imagine
Inflection
Conjugation of *wēnijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *wēnijō | *wēnijaų | — | *wēnijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *wēnīsi | *wēnijais | *wēnī | *wēnijasai | *wēnijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *wēnīþi | *wēnijai | *wēnijaþau | *wēnijaþai | *wēnijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *wēnijōs | *wēnijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *wēnijaþiz | *wēnijaiþiz | *wēnijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *wēnijamaz | *wēnijaim | — | *wēnijanþai | *wēnijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *wēnīþ | *wēnijaiþ | *wēnīþ | *wēnijanþai | *wēnijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *wēnijanþi | *wēnijain | *wēnijanþau | *wēnijanþai | *wēnijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *wēnidǭ | *wēnidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *wēnidēz | *wēnidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *wēnidē | *wēnidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *wēnidēdū | *wēnidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *wēnidēdudiz | *wēnidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *wēnidēdum | *wēnidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *wēnidēdud | *wēnidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *wēnidēdun | *wēnidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *wēnijandz | *wēnidaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: wǣnan, wēnan
- Middle English: wenen
- Scots: wen, wene, ween
- English: ween
- Middle English: wenen
- Old Frisian: wēna
- Old Saxon: wānian
- Middle Low German: wânen
- Old Dutch: wānen
- Middle Dutch: wânen
- Dutch: wanen
- Middle Dutch: wânen
- Old High German: wānen
- Middle High German: wænen
- German: wähnen
- Middle High German: wænen
- Old Norse: væna
- Icelandic: væna
- Faroese: væna
- Old Swedish: vǣna
- Westrobothnian: venäs, vänäs
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wēnjan)