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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīsōną
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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiː.sɔː.nɑ̃/
Etymology 1
From *wīsaz.
Verb
*wīsōną
- to visit
Inflection
Conjugation of *wīsōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *wīsō | *wīsǭ | — | *wīsōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *wīsōsi | *wīsōs | *wīsō | *wīsōsai | *wīsōsau |
| 3rd singular | *wīsōþi | *wīsō | *wīsōþau | *wīsōþai | *wīsōþau |
| 1st dual | *wīsōs | *wīsōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *wīsōþiz | *wīsōþiz | *wīsōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *wīsōmaz | *wīsōm | — | *wīsōnþai | *wīsōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *wīsōþ | *wīsōþ | *wīsōþ | *wīsōnþai | *wīsōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *wīsōnþi | *wīsōn | *wīsōnþau | *wīsōnþai | *wīsōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *wīsōdǭ | *wīsōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *wīsōdēz | *wīsōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *wīsōdē | *wīsōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *wīsōdēdū | *wīsōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *wīsōdēdudiz | *wīsōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *wīsōdēdum | *wīsōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *wīsōdēdud | *wīsōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *wīsōdēdun | *wīsōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *wīsōndz | *wīsōdaz | |||
Descendants
- Old Frisian: wīsia
- Old Saxon: wīsōn
- Old Dutch: wīson
- Old High German: wīsōn
- Middle High German: wīsen
- German: weisen
- Middle High German: wīsen
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐍉𐌽 (gaweisōn)
Etymology 2
From *wīsaz (“wise”) + *-ōną (factitive verb–forming suffix): literally “make wise”. Identical with the above.
Verb
*wīsōną
- to show, guide, direct
Inflection
Conjugation of *wīsōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *wīsō | *wīsǭ | — | *wīsōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *wīsōsi | *wīsōs | *wīsō | *wīsōsai | *wīsōsau |
| 3rd singular | *wīsōþi | *wīsō | *wīsōþau | *wīsōþai | *wīsōþau |
| 1st dual | *wīsōs | *wīsōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *wīsōþiz | *wīsōþiz | *wīsōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *wīsōmaz | *wīsōm | — | *wīsōnþai | *wīsōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *wīsōþ | *wīsōþ | *wīsōþ | *wīsōnþai | *wīsōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *wīsōnþi | *wīsōn | *wīsōnþau | *wīsōnþai | *wīsōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *wīsōdǭ | *wīsōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *wīsōdēz | *wīsōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *wīsōdē | *wīsōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *wīsōdēdū | *wīsōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *wīsōdēdudiz | *wīsōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *wīsōdēdum | *wīsōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *wīsōdēdud | *wīsōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *wīsōdēdun | *wīsōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *wīsōndz | *wīsōdaz | |||
Synonyms
- *wissijaną
Related terms
- *wīsijaną
Descendants
- Old English: wīsian
- Middle English: wisien, wisen
- Scots: wise, wyse, wyze
- English: wise
- Middle English: wisien, wisen
- Old Saxon: giwīsōn
- Old Norse: vísa
- Danish: vise
- Faroese: vísa
- Norwegian: vise
- Old Swedish: vīsa
- Swedish: visa