Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waibijaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *woypéyeti, causative of *weyp-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑi.bi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*waibijaną

to wind (around), wrap
to move around, to turn
to waver, to go back and forth

Inflection

Conjugation of *waibijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*waibijō	*waibijaų	—	*waibijai	?
2nd singular	*waibīsi	*waibijais	*waibī	*waibijasai	*waibijaisau
3rd singular	*waibīþi	*waibijai	*waibijaþau	*waibijaþai	*waibijaiþau
1st dual	*waibijōs	*waibijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*waibijaþiz	*waibijaiþiz	*waibijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*waibijamaz	*waibijaim	—	*waibijanþai	*waibijainþau
2nd plural	*waibīþ	*waibijaiþ	*waibīþ	*waibijanþai	*waibijainþau
3rd plural	*waibijanþi	*waibijain	*waibijanþau	*waibijanþai	*waibijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*waibidǭ	*waibidēdį̄
2nd singular	*waibidēz	*waibidēdīz
3rd singular	*waibidē	*waibidēdī
1st dual	*waibidēdū	*waibidēdīw
2nd dual	*waibidēdudiz	*waibidēdīdiz
1st plural	*waibidēdum	*waibidēdīm
2nd plural	*waibidēdud	*waibidēdīd
3rd plural	*waibidēdun	*waibidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*waibijandz	*waibidaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *waibijan
- Old English: wǣfan
  - Middle English: wēven
    - English: weave (“to wander”)
- Old Dutch: *weiven
  - Middle Dutch: weiven
    - Dutch: wuiven (with dialectal rounding)
      - Afrikaans: wuif, wuiwe
    - ⇒ Dutch: weifelen
      - Afrikaans: weifel
- Old High German: weibōn, *weiben (e-conjugation attested in ziweiben)
  - Middle High German: weiben
  - ⇒ Middle High German: weibeln
    - Alemannic German: weible
    - German: weibeln (now only Swiss)
Old Norse: veifa
- Icelandic: veifa
- Norwegian: veive
Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*waibjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biwaibjan)

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waibijaną

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