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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waikwijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną.
Verb
*waikwijan
- to cause to weaken, soften
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *waikwijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *waikwidā | |
| Infinitive | *waikwijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *waikwijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *waikwijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *waikwijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *waikwiju | *waikwidā |
| 2nd singular | *waikwisi | *waikwidēs, *waikwidōs |
| 3rd singular | *waikwiþi | *waikwidē, *waikwidā |
| 1st plural | *waikwijum | *waikwidum |
| 2nd plural | *waikwiþ | *waikwidud |
| 3rd plural | *waikwijanþ | *waikwidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *waikwijē | *waikwidī |
| 2nd singular | *waikwijēs | *waikwidī |
| 3rd singular | *waikwijē | *waikwidī |
| 1st plural | *waikwijēm | *waikwidīm |
| 2nd plural | *waikwijēþ | *waikwidīd |
| 3rd plural | *waikwijēn | *waikwidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *waikwi | |
| Plural | *waikwiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *waikwijandī | *waikwid |
Related terms
- *waikw
- *wīkwan
Descendants
- Old English: wǣcan
- Old Frisian: wēka
- Old Saxon: *wēkian
- Middle Low German: weiken
- Old Dutch: wēken
- Middle Dutch: wēken, weiken
- Dutch: weken
- Afrikaans: week
- Limburgish: weike
- Dutch: weken
- Middle Dutch: wēken, weiken
- Old High German: weihhen
- Middle High German: weichen
- Cimbrian: bòochan
- German: weichen
- Luxembourgish: weechen
- Middle High German: weichen
- → Old French: avachir
- Middle French: avachir
- French: avachir
- Middle French: avachir