Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wankijan
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *wankijaną (“to sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend”).
Verb
[edit]*wankijan
Conjugation
[edit]Class 1 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *wankijan | |
1st sg. past | *wankidā | |
Infinitive | *wankijan | |
Genitive infin. | *wankijannjas | |
Dative infin. | *wankijannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *wankijannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *wankiju | *wankidā |
2nd singular | *wankisi | *wankidēs, *wankidōs |
3rd singular | *wankiþi | *wankidē, *wankidā |
1st plural | *wankijum | *wankidum |
2nd plural | *wankiþ | *wankidud |
3rd plural | *wankijanþ | *wankidun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *wankijē | *wankidī |
2nd singular | *wankijēs | *wankidī |
3rd singular | *wankijē | *wankidī |
1st plural | *wankijēm | *wankidīm |
2nd plural | *wankijēþ | *wankidīd |
3rd plural | *wankijēn | *wankidīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *wanki | |
Plural | *wankiþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *wankijandī | *wankid |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old Frisian: *wenka, *wenza
- Old Saxon: wenkian
- Old Dutch: *wenken, winken
- Old High German: wenken
- → Vulgar Latin: *wenchiō
References
[edit]- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*wenkjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 555