Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wakāną
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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 Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to wake, be strong”). Equivalent to *wakaną (“to wake up”) + *-āną.
Verb
- (intransitive) to wake, to be awake
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *wakō | ? | — | ? | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *wakaisi | ? | *wakai | *wakāsai | ? | |
| 3rd singular | *wakaiþi | ? | *wakāþau | *wakāþai | ? | |
| 1st dual | *wakōs | ? | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *wakāþiz | ? | *wakāþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *wakāmaz | ? | — | *wakānþai | ? | |
| 2nd plural | *wakaiþ | ? | *wakaiþ | *wakānþai | ? | |
| 3rd plural | *wakānþi | ? | *wakānþau | *wakānþai | ? | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *wakadǭ | *wakadēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *wakadēz | *wakadēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *wakadē | *wakadēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wakadēdū | *wakadēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wakadēdudiz | *wakadēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wakadēdum | *wakadēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wakadēdud | *wakadēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wakadēdun | *wakadēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *wakāndz | *wakadaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wakēn
- Old Norse: vaka
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wakēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 441/442