Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wītinōn

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 *wītī +‎ *-inōn.

Verb

*wītinōn^[1]

to punish

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*wītinōn
1st sg. past	*wītinōdā
Infinitive	*wītinōn
Genitive infin.	*wītinōnijas
Dative infin.	*wītinōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*wītinōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wītinō	*wītinōdā
2nd singular	*wītinōs	wītinōdēs, wītinōdōs
3rd singular	*wītinōþ	wītinōdē, wītinōdā
1st plural	*wītinōm	*wītinōdum
2nd plural	*wītinōþ	*wītinōdud
3rd plural	*wītinōnþ	*wītinōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wītinō	*wītinōdī
2nd singular	*wītinōs	*wītinōdī
3rd singular	*wītinō	*wītinōdī
1st plural	*wītinōm	*wītinōdīm
2nd plural	*wītinōþ	*wītinōdīd
3rd plural	*wītinōn	*wītinōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wītinō
Plural	*wītinōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*wītinōndī	*wītinōd

Descendants

Old English: wītnian
- Middle English: witnien, witnen
Old Frisian: wītnia
Old Saxon: wītnon
Old Dutch: wītinon
Old High German: wīzinōn
- Middle High German: wīzenen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131: “PWGmc *wītinōn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131: “PWGmc *wītinōn”

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