Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wesaną

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Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From two different Proto-Indo-European roots:

Verb

*wesaną

  2. to be
    Synonym: *beuną
  3. to remain
  4. to exist
Inflection

This verb is suppletive. The past and imperative are conjugated with the strong class 5 stem wes-, the remainder with an irregular stem (i)s-.

Conjugation of *wesaną (irregular, suppletive)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *immi *sijǭ — — —
2nd singular *izi *sijēs *wes — —
3rd singular *isti *sijē *wesadau — —
1st dual *izū *sīw — — —
2nd dual *izudiz *sīþiz *wesadiz — —
1st plural *izum *sīm — — —
2nd plural *izud *sīþ *wisid — —
3rd plural *sindi *sīn *wesandau — —
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *was *wēzį̄
2nd singular *wast *wēzīz
3rd singular *was *wēzī
1st dual *wēzū *wēzīw
2nd dual *wēzudiz *wēzīdiz
1st plural *wēzum *wēzīm
2nd plural *wēzud *wēzīd
3rd plural *wēzun *wēzīn
present past
participles *wesandz —
Derived terms
Descendants

This section only lists descendants of the infinitive form, *wesaną. For other inflections, see the #Inflection section above.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to graze”). Related to Proto-Celtic *westā (“food, feast”), Latin vēscor (“to make use of”).[1][2]

Verb

*wesaną

  2. to consume, feast
Inflection
Conjugation of *wesaną (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wesō *wesaų — *wesai ?
2nd singular *wisizi *wesaiz *wes *wesazai *wesaizau
3rd singular *wisidi *wesai *wesadau *wesadai *wesaidau
1st dual *wesōz *wesaiw — — —
2nd dual *wesadiz *wesaidiz *wesadiz — —
1st plural *wesamaz *wesaim — *wesandai *wesaindau
2nd plural *wisid *wesaid *wisid *wesandai *wesaindau
3rd plural *wesandi *wesain *wesandau *wesandai *wesaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *was *wēzį̄
2nd singular *wast *wēzīz
3rd singular *was *wēzī
1st dual *wēzū *wēzīw
2nd dual *wēzudiz *wēzīdiz
1st plural *wēzum *wēzīm
2nd plural *wēzud *wēzīd
3rd plural *wēzun *wēzīn
present past
participles *wesandz *wezanaz
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 582
  2. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “WES-A- 2”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, pages 562-63
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