Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwassijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *hwassaz (“sharp”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxʷas.si.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwassijaną

(North Germanic) to make sharp

Inflection

Conjugation of *hwassijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*hwassijō	*hwassijaų	—	*hwassijai	?
2nd singular	*hwassīsi	*hwassijais	*hwassī	*hwassijasai	*hwassijaisau
3rd singular	*hwassīþi	*hwassijai	*hwassijaþau	*hwassijaþai	*hwassijaiþau
1st dual	*hwassijōs	*hwassijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hwassijaþiz	*hwassijaiþiz	*hwassijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hwassijamaz	*hwassijaim	—	*hwassijanþai	*hwassijainþau
2nd plural	*hwassīþ	*hwassijaiþ	*hwassīþ	*hwassijanþai	*hwassijainþau
3rd plural	*hwassijanþi	*hwassijain	*hwassijanþau	*hwassijanþai	*hwassijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwassidǭ	*hwassidēdį̄
2nd singular	*hwassidēz	*hwassidēdīz
3rd singular	*hwassidē	*hwassidēdī
1st dual	*hwassidēdū	*hwassidēdīw
2nd dual	*hwassidēdudiz	*hwassidēdīdiz
1st plural	*hwassidēdum	*hwassidēdīm
2nd plural	*hwassidēdud	*hwassidēdīd
3rd plural	*hwassidēdun	*hwassidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*hwassijandz	*hwassidaz

Descendants

Old Norse: hvessa
- Icelandic: hvessa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvesse
- Norwegian Bokmål: hvesse, kvesse
- Swedish: vässa
- Danish: hvæsse
- Faroese: hvøssa