Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēnijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wēniz (“hope, expectation”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɛː.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wēnijaną
- to hope, to expect
- to believe, to imagine
- to ween, think (be of a certain opinion)
- (impersonal, with dative)
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *wēnijō | *wēnijaų | — | *wēnijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *wēnīsi | *wēnijais | *wēnī | *wēnijasai | *wēnijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *wēnīþi | *wēnijai | *wēnijaþau | *wēnijaþai | *wēnijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *wēnijōs | *wēnijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *wēnijaþiz | *wēnijaiþiz | *wēnijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *wēnijamaz | *wēnijaim | — | *wēnijanþai | *wēnijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *wēnīþ | *wēnijaiþ | *wēnīþ | *wēnijanþai | *wēnijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *wēnijanþi | *wēnijain | *wēnijanþau | *wēnijanþai | *wēnijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *wēnidǭ | *wēnidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *wēnidēz | *wēnidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *wēnidē | *wēnidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wēnidēdū | *wēnidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wēnidēdudiz | *wēnidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wēnidēdum | *wēnidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wēnidēdud | *wēnidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wēnidēdun | *wēnidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *wēnijandz | *wēnidaz | ||||