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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waskan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *waskaną.
Verb
*waskan[1]
- to wash
Inflection
| Strong class 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *waskan | |
| 1st sg. past | *wōsk | |
| 3rd pl. past | *wōskun | |
| Past ptcple | *waskan | |
| Infinitive | *waskan | |
| Genitive infin. | *waskannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *waskannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *waskannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wasku | *wōsk |
| 2nd singular | *waskiʀi | *wōskī |
| 3rd singular | *waskidi | *wōsk |
| 1st plural | *waskum | *wōskum |
| 2nd plural | *waskid | *wōskud |
| 3rd plural | *waskand | *wōskun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *waskē | *wōskī |
| 2nd singular | *waskēs | *wōskī |
| 3rd singular | *waskē | *wōskī |
| 1st plural | *waskēm | *wōskīm |
| 2nd plural | *waskēþ | *wōskīd |
| 3rd plural | *waskēn | *wōskīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *wask | |
| Plural | *waskid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *waskandī | *waskan |
Derived terms
- *gawaskan
Descendants
- Old English: wascan, wæscan, wacsan, waxan
- Middle English: wasshen, wasch, wasche, waschen, waschsche, washe, washen, wasse, wasschen, wasshe, weschen; waischen, waissche, waisshen, wayschen; whasche, whaschen
- English: wash
- → Swazi: washa
- Scots: wash, wesh
- English: wash
- Middle English: wasshen, wasch, wasche, waschen, waschsche, washe, washen, wasse, wasschen, wasshe, weschen; waischen, waissche, waisshen, wayschen; whasche, whaschen
- Old Frisian: waska
- Saterland Frisian: waaske
- West Frisian: waskje
- Old Saxon: waskan
- Middle Low German: waschen
- Low German: waschen, wasken
- Middle Low German: waschen
- Old Dutch: wascan
- Middle Dutch: wasschen
- Dutch: wassen
- Limburgish: wasje, wesje
- Middle Dutch: wasschen
- Old High German: wascan, waskan
- Middle High German: waschen
- Alemannic German: wäsche
- Cimbrian: bèssan
- German: waschen
- Luxembourgish: wäschen
- Middle High German: waschen
- → Old French: waschier, guaschier, gascher
- Middle French: gascher
- French: gâcher
- → Italian: guazzare
- Middle French: gascher
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*waskan”