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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wēaną.
Verb
*wāan[1]
- to blow (of wind)
Inflection
| Strong class 7d | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *wāan | |
| 1st sg. past | *wē | |
| 3rd pl. past | *wēun | |
| Past ptcple | *wāan | |
| Infinitive | *wāan | |
| Genitive infin. | *wāannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *wāannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *wāannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wāu | *wē |
| 2nd singular | *wāiʀi | *wēī |
| 3rd singular | *wāidi | *wē |
| 1st plural | *wāum | *wēum |
| 2nd plural | *wāid | *wēud |
| 3rd plural | *wāand | *wēun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wāē | *wēī |
| 2nd singular | *wāēs | *wēī |
| 3rd singular | *wāē | *wēī |
| 1st plural | *wāēm | *wēīm |
| 2nd plural | *wāēþ | *wēīd |
| 3rd plural | *wāēn | *wēīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *wā | |
| Plural | *wāid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *wāandī | *wāan |
Descendants
- Old English: wāwan
- Old Saxon: wāian
- Low German: weihn
- German Low German: weihen
- Old Dutch: wāien
- Middle Dutch: wâyen
- Dutch: waaien
- Limburgish: wèjje
- Middle Dutch: wâyen
- Old High German: wāen, wāhen
- German: wehen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 151: “PWGmc *wāan”