Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīhijaną

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 *wīhaz (“sacred, holy”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.xi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wīhijaną

1. to hallow, to consecrate

Inflection

Conjugation of *wīhijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wīhijō	*wīhijaų	—	*wīhijai	?
2nd singular	*wīhīsi	*wīhijais	*wīhī	*wīhijasai	*wīhijaisau
3rd singular	*wīhīþi	*wīhijai	*wīhijaþau	*wīhijaþai	*wīhijaiþau
1st dual	*wīhijōs	*wīhijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wīhijaþiz	*wīhijaiþiz	*wīhijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wīhijamaz	*wīhijaim	—	*wīhijanþai	*wīhijainþau
2nd plural	*wīhīþ	*wīhijaiþ	*wīhīþ	*wīhijanþai	*wīhijainþau
3rd plural	*wīhijanþi	*wīhijain	*wīhijanþau	*wīhijanþai	*wīhijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wīhidǭ	*wīhidēdį̄
2nd singular	*wīhidēz	*wīhidēdīz
3rd singular	*wīhidē	*wīhidēdī
1st dual	*wīhidēdū	*wīhidēdīw
2nd dual	*wīhidēdudiz	*wīhidēdīdiz
1st plural	*wīhidēdum	*wīhidēdīm
2nd plural	*wīhidēdud	*wīhidēdīd
3rd plural	*wīhidēdun	*wīhidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*wīhijandz	*wīhidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wīhijan
  • ⇒ Old English: fulwian (“to baptize”) (< *fullawīhijan)
    • Middle English: fullen
      • English: full (obsolete)
  • Old Frisian: wīa
    • Saterland Frisian: wäie
    • West Frisian: wije
  • Old Saxon: wīhian
    • Middle Low German: wîen, wigen
      • Low German: wiehen
  • Old Dutch: wīen
    • Middle Dutch: wiën
      • Dutch: wijden
      • Limburgish: wieje
  • Old High German: wīhen
    • Cimbrian: baigan
    • German: weihen
    • Luxembourgish: weien
• Old Norse: vígja
  • Icelandic: vígja
  • Old Swedish: vīghia, vīgha (“to consecrate, unite in wedlock”)
    • Swedish: viga (“to unite in wedlock”)
    • → Finnish: vihkiä
  • Danish: vie (“to dedicate, unite in wedlock”)