Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gawahwan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gawahwaną.

Verb

*gawahwan

1. to say, notify, remind

Inflection

Strong class 6
Infinitive	*gawahwan
1st sg. past	*gawōhw
3rd pl. past	*gawōgun
Past ptcple	*gawawan
Infinitive	*gawahwan
Genitive infin.	*gawahwannjas
Dative infin.	*gawahwannjē
Instrum. infin.	*gawahwannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*gawahu	*gawōhw
2nd singular	*gawahwiʀi	*gawōwī
3rd singular	*gawahwidi	*gawōhw
1st plural	*gawahum	*gawōgum
2nd plural	*gawahwid	*gawōgud
3rd plural	*gawahwand	*gawōgun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*gawahwē	*gawōwī
2nd singular	*gawahwēs	*gawōwī
3rd singular	*gawahwē	*gawōwī
1st plural	*gawahwēm	*gawōwīm
2nd plural	*gawahwēþ	*gawōwīd
3rd plural	*gawahwēn	*gawōwīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*gawahw
Plural	*gawahwid
	Present	Past
Participle	*gawahwandī	*gawawan

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *giwahan
  • Middle Low German: *gewahen, gewagen; (wāgen (without prefix) < *wahwaną)
• Old Dutch: *giwān
  • Middle Dutch: gewāgen
    • Dutch: gewagen
      • Afrikaans: gewaag
• Old High German: giwahan, giwahanen
  • Middle High German: gewahen, gewähenen
    • German: gewähnen; erwähnen (with a different prefix)
      • → Saterland Frisian: ärwääne