Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waikwēn

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 *waikw (“weak”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*waikwēn

1. to become weak

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*waikwēn
1st sg. past	*waikw?dā
Infinitive	*waikwēn
Genitive infin.	*waikwēnijas
Dative infin.	*waikwēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*waikwēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*waikwē	*waikw?dā
2nd singular	*waikwēs	*waikw?dēs, *waikw?dēs
3rd singular	*waikwēþ	*waikw?dē, *waikw?dā
1st plural	*waikwēm	*waikw?dum
2nd plural	*waikwēþ	*waikw?dud
3rd plural	*waikwēnþ	*waikw?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*waikwē	*waikw?dī
2nd singular	*waikwēs	*waikw?dī
3rd singular	*waikwē	*waikw?dī
1st plural	*waikwēm	*waikw?dīm
2nd plural	*waikwēþ	*waikw?dīd
3rd plural	*waikwēn	*waikw?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*waikwē
Plural	*waikwēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*waikwēndī	*waikw?d

Related terms

• *waikwijan

Descendants

• Old English: wācian
  • Middle English: woken
• Old Frisian: wêkia
  • West Frisian: weakje
• Old Saxon: *wēkōn
  • Middle Low German: wēken
• Old Dutch: wēcon
  • Middle Dutch: wēken, weiken
    • Dutch: weken
      • Afrikaans: week
    • Limburgish: weike
• Old High German: weihhēn, weihhōn
  • Middle High German: weichen
    • Cimbrian: bòochan
    • German: weichen
    • Luxembourgish: weechen