Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēgijaną

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 *weganą (“to move”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛː.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wēgijaną^[1]

to cause to move
to give way, to yield

Inflection

Conjugation of *wēgijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wēgijō	*wēgijaų	—	*wēgijai	?
2nd singular	*wēgīsi	*wēgijais	*wēgī	*wēgijasai	*wēgijaisau
3rd singular	*wēgīþi	*wēgijai	*wēgijaþau	*wēgijaþai	*wēgijaiþau
1st dual	*wēgijōs	*wēgijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wēgijaþiz	*wēgijaiþiz	*wēgijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wēgijamaz	*wēgijaim	—	*wēgijanþai	*wēgijainþau
2nd plural	*wēgīþ	*wēgijaiþ	*wēgīþ	*wēgijanþai	*wēgijainþau
3rd plural	*wēgijanþi	*wēgijain	*wēgijanþau	*wēgijanþai	*wēgijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wēgidǭ	*wēgidēdį̄
2nd singular	*wēgidēz	*wēgidēdīz
3rd singular	*wēgidē	*wēgidēdī
1st dual	*wēgidēdū	*wēgidēdīw
2nd dual	*wēgidēdudiz	*wēgidēdīdiz
1st plural	*wēgidēdum	*wēgidēdīm
2nd plural	*wēgidēdud	*wēgidēdīd
3rd plural	*wēgidēdun	*wēgidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wēgijandz	*wēgidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wēgijan
- Old Saxon: wāgian
Old Norse: vægja
- Icelandic: vægja

References

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wēʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

[Orel-1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wēʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēgijaną

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