Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wannjan

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 *wanjaną.

Verb

*wannjan

1. to accustom
2. to make used to

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*wannjan
1st sg. past	*wanidā
Infinitive	*wannjan
Genitive infin.	*wannjannjas
Dative infin.	*wannjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wannjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wannju	*wanidā
2nd singular	*wanisi	*wanidēs, *wanidōs
3rd singular	*waniþi	*wanidē, *wanidā
1st plural	*wannjum	*wanidum
2nd plural	*waniþ	*wanidud
3rd plural	*wannjanþ	*wanidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wannjē	*wanidī
2nd singular	*wannjēs	*wanidī
3rd singular	*wannjē	*wanidī
1st plural	*wannjēm	*wanidīm
2nd plural	*wannjēþ	*wanidīd
3rd plural	*wannjēn	*wanidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wani
Plural	*waniþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*wannjandī	*wanid

Related terms

• *wunēn
• *wunnju

Derived terms

• *gawannjan

Descendants

• Old English: wenian, wennan
  • Middle English: wenen
    • English: wean
    • Scots: wain
• Old Frisian: wena, wenia, wennia, winnia
  • >? Saterland Frisian: woane
  • West Frisian: wenne
• Old Saxon: wennian
  • Middle Low German: wennen, wenen, wēnen
    • German Low German: wennen
• Old Dutch: *wennen
  • Middle Dutch: wennen
    • Dutch: wennen
      • Afrikaans: wen
• Old High German: wenian, wennan