Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwēsijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *hwēsaną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxʷeː.si.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwēsijaną^[1]

to cause to wheeze
to hiss

Inflection

Conjugation of *hwēsijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*hwēsijō	*hwēsijaų	—	*hwēsijai	?
2nd singular	*hwēsīsi	*hwēsijais	*hwēsī	*hwēsijasai	*hwēsijaisau
3rd singular	*hwēsīþi	*hwēsijai	*hwēsijaþau	*hwēsijaþai	*hwēsijaiþau
1st dual	*hwēsijōs	*hwēsijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hwēsijaþiz	*hwēsijaiþiz	*hwēsijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hwēsijamaz	*hwēsijaim	—	*hwēsijanþai	*hwēsijainþau
2nd plural	*hwēsīþ	*hwēsijaiþ	*hwēsīþ	*hwēsijanþai	*hwēsijainþau
3rd plural	*hwēsijanþi	*hwēsijain	*hwēsijanþau	*hwēsijanþai	*hwēsijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwēsidǭ	*hwēsidēdį̄
2nd singular	*hwēsidēz	*hwēsidēdīz
3rd singular	*hwēsidē	*hwēsidēdī
1st dual	*hwēsidēdū	*hwēsidēdīw
2nd dual	*hwēsidēdudiz	*hwēsidēdīdiz
1st plural	*hwēsidēdum	*hwēsidēdīm
2nd plural	*hwēsidēdud	*hwēsidēdīd
3rd plural	*hwēsidēdun	*hwēsidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*hwēsijandz	*hwēsidaz

Related terms

Descendants

Old Norse: hvæsa
- Faroese: hvæsa
- Elfdalian: węsa

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwēsan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266: “*hwēsjan-”

[EDPG-1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwēsan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266: “*hwēsjan-”

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