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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wēaną.
Verb
*wāan[1]
- to blow (of wind)
Inflection
| Strong class 7d
|
| Infinitive
|
*wāan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*wē
|
| 3rd pl. past
|
*wēun
|
| Past ptcple
|
*wāan
|
| Infinitive
|
*wāan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*wāannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*wāannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*wāannju
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| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*wāu
|
*wē
|
| 2nd singular
|
*wāiʀi
|
*wēī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*wāidi
|
*wē
|
| 1st plural
|
*wāum
|
*wēum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*wāid
|
*wēud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*wāand
|
*wēun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*wāē
|
*wēī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*wāēs
|
*wēī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*wāē
|
*wēī
|
| 1st plural
|
*wāēm
|
*wēīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*wāēþ
|
*wēīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*wāēn
|
*wēīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*wā
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| Plural
|
*wāid
|
|
|
Present
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Past
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| Participle
|
*wāandī
|
*wāan
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 151: “PWGmc *wāan”
