Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwisplōną

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 *hwis- (“to hiss”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Latin quiritō (“scream, screech, shriek, squall”).

Verb

*hwisplōną

1. to whistle, hiss, whisper

   Synonyms: *hwīskrōną, *hwisprōną

Inflection

Conjugation of *hwisplōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwisplō	*hwisplǭ	—	*hwisplōi	?
2nd singular	*hwisplōsi	*hwisplōs	*hwisplō	*hwisplōsai	*hwisplōsau
3rd singular	*hwisplōþi	*hwisplō	*hwisplōþau	*hwisplōþai	*hwisplōþau
1st dual	*hwisplōs	*hwisplōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hwisplōþiz	*hwisplōþiz	*hwisplōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hwisplōmaz	*hwisplōm	—	*hwisplōnþai	*hwisplōnþau
2nd plural	*hwisplōþ	*hwisplōþ	*hwisplōþ	*hwisplōnþai	*hwisplōnþau
3rd plural	*hwisplōnþi	*hwisplōn	*hwisplōnþau	*hwisplōnþai	*hwisplōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwisplōdǭ	*hwisplōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*hwisplōdēz	*hwisplōdēdīz
3rd singular	*hwisplōdē	*hwisplōdēdī
1st dual	*hwisplōdēdū	*hwisplōdēdīw
2nd dual	*hwisplōdēdudiz	*hwisplōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*hwisplōdēdum	*hwisplōdēdīm
2nd plural	*hwisplōdēdud	*hwisplōdēdīd
3rd plural	*hwisplōdēdun	*hwisplōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*hwisplōndz	*hwisplōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hwisplōn
  • Old Saxon: *hwisplōn
    • Middle Low German: wispelen
      • German Low German: wispeln
  • Old Dutch: *wisplon, *wispalon
    • Middle Dutch: wispelen
      • Dutch: wispelen
      • Limburgish: wiespelen
  • Old High German: hwispalōn
    • Middle High German: wispeln
      • Cimbrian: bispalan
      • German: wispeln