Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/was

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɑs/

Verb

*was

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of *wesaną

Descendants

  • Old English: wæs, wes — Mercian, was, wæss, uæs, waes, ᚹᚫᛋ (wæs) — Ruthwell Cross
    • Middle English: was
      • English: was
      • Scots: was, wis
      • Yola: waas, was, waz, 'as, as (after Ich)
  • Old Frisian: was
  • Old Saxon: was
    • Middle Low German: was
      • Dutch Low Saxon: was
      • German Low German: was
      • Plautdietsch: was
  • Old Dutch: was
  • Proto-Norse: ᚹᚨᛊ (was)
    • Old Norse: vas (early), var (-s replaced with -r by analogy to other inflections) (see there for further descendants)
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍃 (was)
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