Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīhijaną

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 *wīhaz (“sacred, holy”) +‎ *-janą.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.xi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wīhijaną

to hallow, to consecrate

Inflection

Conjugation of *wīhijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wīhijō	*wīhijaų	—	*wīhijai	?
2nd singular	*wīhīsi	*wīhijais	*wīhī	*wīhijasai	*wīhijaisau
3rd singular	*wīhīþi	*wīhijai	*wīhijaþau	*wīhijaþai	*wīhijaiþau
1st dual	*wīhijōs	*wīhijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wīhijaþiz	*wīhijaiþiz	*wīhijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wīhijamaz	*wīhijaim	—	*wīhijanþai	*wīhijainþau
2nd plural	*wīhīþ	*wīhijaiþ	*wīhīþ	*wīhijanþai	*wīhijainþau
3rd plural	*wīhijanþi	*wīhijain	*wīhijanþau	*wīhijanþai	*wīhijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wīhidǭ	*wīhidēdį̄
2nd singular	*wīhidēz	*wīhidēdīz
3rd singular	*wīhidē	*wīhidēdī
1st dual	*wīhidēdū	*wīhidēdīw
2nd dual	*wīhidēdudiz	*wīhidēdīdiz
1st plural	*wīhidēdum	*wīhidēdīm
2nd plural	*wīhidēdud	*wīhidēdīd
3rd plural	*wīhidēdun	*wīhidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wīhijandz	*wīhidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wīhijan
- ⇒ Old English: fulwian (“to baptize”) (< *fullawīhijan)
  - Middle English: fullen
    - English: full (obsolete)
- Old Frisian: wīa
  - Saterland Frisian: wäie
  - West Frisian: wije
- Old Saxon: wīhian
  - Middle Low German: wîen, wigen
    - Low German: wiehen
- Old Dutch: wīen
  - Middle Dutch: wiën
    - Dutch: wijden
    - Limburgish: wieje
- Old High German: wīhen
  - Cimbrian: baigan
  - German: weihen
  - Luxembourgish: weien
Old Norse: vígja
- Icelandic: vígja
- Old Swedish: vīghia, vīgha (“to consecrate, unite in wedlock”)
  - Swedish: viga (“to unite in wedlock”)
  - → Finnish: vihkiä
- Danish: vie (“to dedicate, unite in wedlock”)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wīʒjanan ~ *wīxjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wīʒjanan ~ *wīxjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465

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