Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wunskijan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *wunskijaną.

Verb

*wunskijan

to wish, to desire

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*wunskijan
1st sg. past	*wunskidā
Infinitive	*wunskijan
Genitive infin.	*wunskijannjas
Dative infin.	*wunskijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wunskijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wunskiju	*wunskidā
2nd singular	*wunskisi	wunskidēs, wunskidōs
3rd singular	*wunskiþi	wunskidē, wunskidā
1st plural	*wunskijum	*wunskidum
2nd plural	*wunskiþ	*wunskidud
3rd plural	*wunskijanþ	*wunskidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wunskijē	*wunskidī
2nd singular	*wunskijēs	*wunskidī
3rd singular	*wunskijē	*wunskidī
1st plural	*wunskijēm	*wunskidīm
2nd plural	*wunskijēþ	*wunskidīd
3rd plural	*wunskijēn	*wunskidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wunski
Plural	*wunskiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*wunskijandī	*wunskid

Descendants

Old English: wȳsċan
- Middle English: wüschen, wischen, wisshen
  - Scots: wis
  - English: wish
Old Frisian: *wenskia, *wunskia (likely a borrowing?)
- Saterland Frisian: wonskje
- West Frisian: winskje
Old Saxon: *wunskian
- Middle Low German: wunschen
  - German Low German: wönschen, wünsken (Westphalian)
  - Plautdietsch: wenschen
Old Dutch: *wunsken
- Middle Dutch: wonschen (eastern), wunschen (eastern), wenschen (western)
  - Dutch: wensen
  - Limburgish: wönsje
Old High German: wunsken, wunscen
- Middle High German: wunschen
  - German: wünschen
    - → Czech: vinšovat
    - → Polish: winszować
    - → Rusyn: вінчова́ти (vinčováty)
    - → Slovak: vinšovať
  - Luxembourgish: wënschen
  - Yiddish: ווינטשן‎ (vintshn)