Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wesan
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wesan. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wesan, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wesan in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wesan you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wesan will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wesan, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 |
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 *wesaną.
Verb
*wesan[1]
- to be
Inflection
| Irregular | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | wesan | |
| 1st sg. past | was | |
| 3rd pl. past | wāʀun | |
| Infinitive | wesan | |
| Genitive infin. | wesannjas | |
| Dative infin. | wesannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | wesannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | im | was |
| 2nd singular | iʀ | wāʀī |
| 3rd singular | isti | was |
| 1st plural | iʀum | wāʀum |
| 2nd plural | iʀud | wāʀud |
| 3rd plural | sindi | wāʀun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | sijē | wāʀī |
| 2nd singular | sijēs | wāʀī |
| 3rd singular | sijē | wāʀī |
| 1st plural | sīm | wāʀīm |
| 2nd plural | sīd | wāʀīd |
| 3rd plural | sīn | wāʀīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | wes | |
| Plural | wisid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | wesandī | weʀan |
Descendants
This section only lists descendants of *wesan, the infinitive form. For descendants of other inflections, see the Descendants section of Proto-Germanic *wesaną.
- Old English: wesan
- >? Middle English: wesen (“to tend flocks, pasture”)
- Old Frisian: wēsa
- Old Saxon: wesan
- Old Dutch: wesan, weson
- Old High German: wesan
- Middle High German: wësen
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 113: “*wesan”