Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waskan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waskaną.

Verb

*waskan^[1]

to wash

Inflection

Strong class 6
Infinitive	*waskan
1st sg. past	*wōsk
3rd pl. past	*wōskun
Past ptcple	*waskan
Infinitive	*waskan
Genitive infin.	*waskannjas
Dative infin.	*waskannjē
Instrum. infin.	*waskannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wasku	*wōsk
2nd singular	*waskiʀi	*wōskī
3rd singular	*waskidi	*wōsk
1st plural	*waskum	*wōskum
2nd plural	*waskid	*wōskud
3rd plural	*waskand	*wōskun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*waskē	*wōskī
2nd singular	*waskēs	*wōskī
3rd singular	*waskē	*wōskī
1st plural	*waskēm	*wōskīm
2nd plural	*waskēþ	*wōskīd
3rd plural	*waskēn	*wōskīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wask
Plural	*waskid
	Present	Past
Participle	*waskandī	*waskan

Derived terms

*gawaskan

Descendants

Old English: wascan, wæscan, wacsan, waxan
- Middle English: wasshen, wasch, wasche, waschen, waschsche, washe, washen, wasse, wasschen, wasshe, weschen, waischen, waissche, waisshen, wayschen, whasche, whaschen
  - English: wash
    - → Swazi: washa
  - Scots: wash, wesh
Old Frisian: waska
- Saterland Frisian: waaske
- West Frisian: waskje
Old Saxon: waskan
- Middle Low German: waschen
  - Low German: waschen, wasken
Old Dutch: wascan
- Middle Dutch: wasschen
  - Dutch: wassen
  - Limburgish: wasje, wesje
Old High German: wascan, waskan
- Middle High German: waschen
  - Alemannic German: wäsche
  - Cimbrian: bèssan
  - German: waschen
  - Luxembourgish: wäschen
  - Yiddish: וואַשן (vashn)
→ Old French: waschier, guaschier, gascher
- Middle French: gascher
  - French: gâcher
- → Italian: guazzare

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*waskan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*waskan”

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