Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wahsijaną
Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑx.si.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ug-s-é-ti, a schwebeablaut zero-grade s-extension from *h₂weg- (“to grow”).[1]
Verb
*wahsijaną
- to grow
Inflection
The j-present was optional.
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *wahsijō | *wahsijaų | — | *wahsijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *wahsīsi | *wahsijais | *wahsī | *wahsijasai | *wahsijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *wahsīþi | *wahsijai | *wahsijaþau | *wahsijaþai | *wahsijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *wahsijōs | *wahsijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *wahsijaþiz | *wahsijaiþiz | *wahsijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *wahsijamaz | *wahsijaim | — | *wahsijanþai | *wahsijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *wahsīþ | *wahsijaiþ | *wahsīþ | *wahsijanþai | *wahsijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *wahsijanþi | *wahsijain | *wahsijanþau | *wahsijanþai | *wahsijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *wōhs | *wōhsį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *wōhst | *wōhsīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *wōhs | *wōhsī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wōhsū | *wōhsīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wōhsudiz | *wōhsīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wōhsum | *wōhsīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wōhsud | *wōhsīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wōhsun | *wōhsīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *wahsijandz | *wahsanaz | ||||
Derived terms
- *uberwahsijaną
- ? *wa(h)smaz
- *wahsmô
- *wahstiz
- *wahstuz
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wahsan
- Old Norse: vaxa
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wahsjan)
- → Catalan: guaixar
Etymology 2
From *wahsą (“wax”) + *-janą.[2]
Verb
*wahsijaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *wahsijō | *wahsijaų | — | *wahsijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *wahsīsi | *wahsijais | *wahsī | *wahsijasai | *wahsijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *wahsīþi | *wahsijai | *wahsijaþau | *wahsijaþai | *wahsijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *wahsijōs | *wahsijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *wahsijaþiz | *wahsijaiþiz | *wahsijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *wahsijamaz | *wahsijaim | — | *wahsijanþai | *wahsijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *wahsīþ | *wahsijaiþ | *wahsīþ | *wahsijanþai | *wahsijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *wahsijanþi | *wahsijain | *wahsijanþau | *wahsijanþai | *wahsijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *wahsidǭ | *wahsidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *wahsidēz | *wahsidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *wahsidē | *wahsidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wahsidēdū | *wahsidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wahsidēdudiz | *wahsidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wahsidēdum | *wahsidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wahsidēdud | *wahsidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wahsidēdun | *wahsidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *wahsijandz | *wahsidaz | ||||
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wahs(j)an-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*waxsjanan 2”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439