Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waibijan

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 *waibijaną.

Verb

*waibijan

1. to move around, to turn
2. to waver, to go back and forth

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*waibijan
1st sg. past	*waibidā
Infinitive	*waibijan
Genitive infin.	*waibijannjas
Dative infin.	*waibijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*waibijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*waibiju	*waibidā
2nd singular	*waibisi	*waibidēs, *waibidōs
3rd singular	*waibiþi	*waibidē, *waibidā
1st plural	*waibijum	*waibidum
2nd plural	*waibiþ	*waibidud
3rd plural	*waibijanþ	*waibidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*waibijē	*waibidī
2nd singular	*waibijēs	*waibidī
3rd singular	*waibijē	*waibidī
1st plural	*waibijēm	*waibidīm
2nd plural	*waibijēþ	*waibidīd
3rd plural	*waibijēn	*waibidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*waibi
Plural	*waibiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*waibijandī	*waibid

Descendants

• Old English: wǣfan
  • Middle English: wēven
    • English: weave (“to wander”)
• Old Dutch: *weiven
  • Middle Dutch: weiven
    • Dutch: wuiven (with dialectal rounding)
      • Afrikaans: wuif, wuiwe
    • ⇒ Dutch: weifelen
      • Afrikaans: weifel
• Old High German: weibōn, *weiben (e-conjugation attested in ziweiben)
  • Middle High German: weiben
  • ⇒ Middle High German: weibeln
    • Alemannic German: weible
    • German: weibeln (now only Swiss)