Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/webaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*webaną

1. to weave

Inflection

Conjugation of *webaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*webō	*webaų	—	*webai	?
2nd singular	*wibizi	*webaiz	*web	*webazai	*webaizau
3rd singular	*wibidi	*webai	*webadau	*webadai	*webaidau
1st dual	*webōz	*webaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*webadiz	*webaidiz	*webadiz	—	—
1st plural	*webamaz	*webaim	—	*webandai	*webaindau
2nd plural	*wibid	*webaid	*wibid	*webandai	*webaindau
3rd plural	*webandi	*webain	*webandau	*webandai	*webaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wab	*wēbį̄
2nd singular	*waft	*wēbīz
3rd singular	*wab	*wēbī
1st dual	*wēbū	*wēbīw
2nd dual	*wēbudiz	*wēbīdiz
1st plural	*wēbum	*wēbīm
2nd plural	*wēbud	*wēbīd
3rd plural	*wēbun	*wēbīn
	present	past
participles	*webandz	*webanaz

Derived terms

• *wabjaną
• *wabją
• *wēpną (possibly)
• *wiftiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *weban
  • Old English: wefan
    • Middle English: weven
      • Scots: weve, weive, weif, wyf
      • English: weave
  • Old Frisian: weva
    • Saterland Frisian: weeuwe
    • West Frisian: weve
  • Old Saxon: weƀan, wevan
    • Middle Low German: weven
      • German Low German: weven
  • Old Dutch: wevan
    • Middle Dutch: wēven
      • Dutch: weven
        • Afrikaans: weef, wewe
      • Limburgish: waeve
  • Old High German: weban
    • Middle High German: weben
      • German: weben
      • Luxembourgish: wiewen
      • Yiddish: וועבן (vebn)
• Old Norse: vefa
  • Icelandic: vefa
  • Faroese: veva
  • Norwegian: veve
  • Old Swedish: væva
    • Swedish: väva, väfva (pre-1906 spelling)
  • Danish: væve