Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waskaną

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 earlier *watskaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wod-ske-, a ske-present formation from *wed- (“wet, water”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑs.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*waskaną

  1. to wash

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7c)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *waskō *waskaų — *waskai ?
2nd singular *waskizi *waskaiz *wask *waskazai *waskaizau
3rd singular *waskidi *waskai *waskadau *waskadai *waskaidau
1st dual *waskōz *waskaiw — — —
2nd dual *waskadiz *waskaidiz *waskadiz — —
1st plural *waskamaz *waskaim — *waskandai *waskaindau
2nd plural *waskid *waskaid *waskid *waskandai *waskaindau
3rd plural *waskandi *waskain *waskandau *waskandai *waskaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wewask *wewaskį̄
2nd singular *wewast *wewaskīz
3rd singular *wewask *wewaskī
1st dual *wewaskū *wewaskīw
2nd dual *wewaskudiz *wewaskīdiz
1st plural *wewaskum *wewaskīm
2nd plural *wewaskud *wewaskīd
3rd plural *wewaskun *wewaskīn
present past
participles *waskandz *waskanaz

The second-person singular past indicative form derives from the pre-Grimm form *wewaskt, which should have either been retained (since *sk was not shifted elsewhere) or become *wewasht after Grimm's law (through the Germanic spirant law). However, this cluster was likely simplified at some stage as neither the clusters -sh- nor -kt- occurred anywhere else in Germanic.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*waskan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 575
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