Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wahsan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną.

Verb

*wahsan

to grow

Inflection

Strong class 6
Infinitive	*wahsan
1st sg. past	*wōhs
3rd pl. past	*wōhsun
Past ptcple	*wahsan
Infinitive	*wahsan
Genitive infin.	*wahsannjas
Dative infin.	*wahsannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wahsannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wahsu	*wōhs
2nd singular	*wahsiʀi	*wōhsī
3rd singular	*wahsidi	*wōhs
1st plural	*wahsum	*wōhsum
2nd plural	*wahsid	*wōhsud
3rd plural	*wahsand	*wōhsun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wahsē	*wōhsī
2nd singular	*wahsēs	*wōhsī
3rd singular	*wahsē	*wōhsī
1st plural	*wahsēm	*wōhsīm
2nd plural	*wahsēþ	*wōhsīd
3rd plural	*wahsēn	*wōhsīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wahs
Plural	*wahsid
	Present	Past
Participle	*wahsandī	*wahsan

Descendants

Old English: weaxan
- Middle English: waxen
  - Scots: wax
  - English: wax
Old Frisian: waxa
- Saterland Frisian: wacsa, wacsen
- West Frisian: waakse
Old Saxon: wahsan
- Middle Low German: wassen
  - Low German: wassen
Old Dutch: wassan
- Middle Dutch: wassen
  - Dutch: wassen
Old High German: wahsan
- Middle High German: wahsen
  - Central Franconian: wahße, wahsse, waße, waaße; wase; wohße, wohße, wohsse, woße
    Hunsrik: wachse
  - Cimbrian: baksan
  - German: wachsen
  - Luxembourgish: wuessen
  - Yiddish: וואַקסן‎ (vaksn)