Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wanāną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *wanaz (“lacking”) +‎ *-āną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑnɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wanāną^[1]^[2]

to become less; lessen; wane

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 3)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wanō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*wanaisi	?	*wanai	*wanāsai	?
3rd singular	*wanaiþi	?	*wanāþau	*wanāþai	?
1st dual	*wanōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wanāþiz	?	*wanāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wanāmaz	?	—	*wanānþai	?
2nd plural	*wanaiþ	?	*wanaiþ	*wanānþai	?
3rd plural	*wanānþi	?	*wanānþau	*wanānþai	?

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wanadǭ	*wanadēdį̄
2nd singular	*wanadēz	*wanadēdīz
3rd singular	*wanadē	*wanadēdī
1st dual	*wanadēdū	*wanadēdīw
2nd dual	*wanadēdudiz	*wanadēdīdiz
1st plural	*wanadēdum	*wanadēdīm
2nd plural	*wanadēdud	*wanadēdīd
3rd plural	*wanadēdun	*wanadēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wanāndz	*wanadaz

Alternative reconstructions

*wanōną^[3]

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wanēn
- Old English: wanian, wonian
  - Middle English: wanien, wonien, wanen
    - Scots: wan, wane
    - English: wane
- Old Frisian: wania, wonia
- Old Saxon: wanōn
- Old Dutch: *wanon
  - Middle Dutch: wānen
- Old High German: wanōn
Old Norse: vana
- Icelandic: vana
Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*wanān)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (wanains)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wanēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wana- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 572-573: “*wanēn-”
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wanōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wanēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wana- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 572-573: “*wanēn-”

[3] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wanōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447

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