Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wandarōn

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 *wandōn (“to turn, change”) +‎ *-rōn (frequentative suffix).

Verb

*wandarōn

1. (frequentative) to waver, change, fluctuate
2. (frequentative) to wander

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*wandarōn
1st sg. past	*wandarōdā
Infinitive	*wandarōn
Genitive infin.	*wandarōnijas
Dative infin.	*wandarōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*wandarōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wandarō	*wandarōdā
2nd singular	*wandarōs	*wandarōdēs, *wandarōdōs
3rd singular	*wandarōþ	*wandarōdē, *wandarōdā
1st plural	*wandarōm	*wandarōdum
2nd plural	*wandarōþ	*wandarōdud
3rd plural	*wandarōnþ	*wandarōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wandarō	*wandarōdī
2nd singular	*wandarōs	*wandarōdī
3rd singular	*wandarō	*wandarōdī
1st plural	*wandarōm	*wandarōdīm
2nd plural	*wandarōþ	*wandarōdīd
3rd plural	*wandarōn	*wandarōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wandarō
Plural	*wandarōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*wandarōndī	*wandarōd

Descendants

• Old English: wandrian
  • Middle English: wandrien, wondrien, wandren
    • English: wander
    • Scots: wander
• Old Frisian: wandria, wondria
  • Saterland Frisian: wonderje
• Old Saxon: *wandarōn
  • Middle Low German: wanderen
    • German Low German: wandern, wannern
    • → Danish: vandre
    • → Swedish: vandra
    • → Norwegian: vandre
• Old Dutch: *wandarōn
  • Middle Dutch: wanderen
• Old High German: *wantarōn, *wandarōn
  • Middle High German: wanderen, wandern
    • German: wandern (see there for further descendants)
    • Luxembourgish: wanderen
    • → Polish: wędrować