Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witāną

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 *witaną +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*witāną

1. to know
2. to see

Inflection

Conjugation of *witāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*witō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*witaisi	?	*witai	*witāsai	?
3rd singular	*witaiþi	?	*witāþau	*witāþai	?
1st dual	*witōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*witāþiz	?	*witāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*witāmaz	?	—	*witānþai	?
2nd plural	*witaiþ	?	*witaiþ	*witānþai	?
3rd plural	*witānþi	?	*witānþau	*witānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*witadǭ	*witadēdį̄
2nd singular	*witadēz	*witadēdīz
3rd singular	*witadē	*witadēdī
1st dual	*witadēdū	*witadēdīw
2nd dual	*witadēdudiz	*witadēdīdiz
1st plural	*witadēdum	*witadēdīm
2nd plural	*witadēdud	*witadēdīd
3rd plural	*witadēdun	*witadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*witāndz	*witadaz

Derived terms

• *gawitāną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *witēn
  • Old English: *witian
    • ⇒ Old English: biwitian
  • Old High German: *wizzēn
    • Old High German: intwizzēn, irwizzēn, unwizzēn
• Old Norse: vita
  • Danish: vide
  • Faroese: vita
  • Icelandic: vita
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vite
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vita, vite
  • Swedish: veta
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witān)