Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwan

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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 *hwaz +‎ *-n. Compare with Latin quandō and Old Irish cuin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xʷɑn/

Adverb

*hwan

when, at what time (interrogative)

Alternative reconstructions

*hwan(n)ai^[1]

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hwan
- Old Frisian: hwon
- Old Saxon: hwan
  - Middle Low German: wan
    - Low German: wann, wenn
- Old Dutch: *wan
  - Middle Dutch: wann
    - Dutch: wan, wen (archaic)
    - Limburgish: wen
Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 198

Further reading

Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 198

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