Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāni

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 *wēniz.

Noun

*wāni f

hope, expectation

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wāni	*wānī
Accusative	*wāni	*wānī
Genitive	*wānī	*wānijō
Dative	*wānī	*wānim
Instrumental	*wānī	*wānim

Derived terms

*wānijan

Descendants

Old English: wēn, ƿēn
- Middle English: wene, wen
  - English: ween
  - Scots: wen, wene
Old Frisian: wēn
Old Saxon: wān
Old Dutch: wān
- Middle Dutch: wâen
  - Dutch: waan
    - Afrikaans: waan
  - Limburgish: waan
Old High German: wān
- Middle High German: wān
  - German: Wahn
  - Luxembourgish: Woun