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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waggjan

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wagjaną.

Verb

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*waggjan[1]

  1. to cause to move

Inflection

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Class 1 weak
Infinitive *waggjan
1st sg. past *wagidā
Infinitive *waggjan
Genitive infin. *waggjannjas
Dative infin. *waggjannjē
Instrum. infin. *waggjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *waggju *wagidā
2nd singular *wagisi *wagidēs, *wagidōs
3rd singular *wagiþi *wagidē, *wagidā
1st plural *waggjum *wagidum
2nd plural *wagiþ *wagidud
3rd plural *waggjanþ *wagidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *waggjē *wagidī
2nd singular *waggjēs *wagidī
3rd singular *waggjē *wagidī
1st plural *waggjēm *wagidīm
2nd plural *waggjēþ *wagidīd
3rd plural *waggjēn *wagidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *wagi
Plural *wagiþ
Present Past
Participle *waggjandī *wagid

Descendants

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  • Old English: weċġan
  • Old Saxon: weggian
  • Old Dutch: *weggen
  • Old High German: weggen

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 271:PWGmc *wagidē