Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/windwōn

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 *wind (“wind”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*windwōn

1. to winnow, blow about in the wind

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*windwōn
1st sg. past	*windwōdā
Infinitive	*windwōn
Genitive infin.	*windwōnijas
Dative infin.	*windwōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*windwōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*windwō	*windwōdā
2nd singular	*windwōs	*windwōdēs, *windwōdōs
3rd singular	*windwōþ	*windwōdē, *windwōdā
1st plural	*windwōm	*windwōdum
2nd plural	*windwōþ	*windwōdud
3rd plural	*windwōnþ	*windwōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*windwō	*windwōdī
2nd singular	*windwōs	*windwōdī
3rd singular	*windwō	*windwōdī
1st plural	*windwōm	*windwōdīm
2nd plural	*windwōþ	*windwōdīd
3rd plural	*windwōn	*windwōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*windwō
Plural	*windwōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*windwōndī	*windwōd

Descendants

• Old English: windwian
  • Middle English: windwen, windewen, winewen
    • English: winnow
    • Scots: window, windo, winow, winnow
• Old Frisian: *windwia, *windia
  • West Frisian: wynje
• Old Saxon: windōn
  • Middle Low German: winden
    • Middle Low German: *winde
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: stênwinde, steinwinde
• Old Dutch: *windon
  • Middle Dutch: winden, wynden
    • Dutch: winden, winnen (dialectal)
• Old High German: wintōn
  • Middle High German: winden
    • German: winden