Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wesan

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wesaną.

Verb

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*wesan[1]

  1. to be

Inflection

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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 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

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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

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 113:*wesan