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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wazjaną.
Verb
*waʀjan[1]
- to clothe
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*waʀjan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*waʀidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*waʀjan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*waʀjannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*waʀjannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*waʀjannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*waʀju
|
*waʀidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*waʀisi
|
*waʀidēs, *waʀidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*waʀiþi
|
*waʀidē, *waʀidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*waʀjum
|
*waʀidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*waʀiþ
|
*waʀidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*waʀjanþ
|
*waʀidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*waʀjē
|
*waʀidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*waʀjēs
|
*waʀidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*waʀjē
|
*waʀidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*waʀjēm
|
*waʀidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*waʀjēþ
|
*waʀidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*waʀjēn
|
*waʀidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*waʀi
|
| Plural
|
*waʀiþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*waʀjandī
|
*waʀid
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *wazjan”
