Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wihslōną

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

Alternative reconstructions

*wehslōną

Etymology

From *wihslaz (“change”) +‎ *-ōną.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwix.slɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wihslōną

to change; exchange; swap; trade; reciprocate.
Synonym: *bugjaną

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wihslō	*wihslǭ	—	*wihslōi	?
2nd singular	*wihslōsi	*wihslōs	*wihslō	*wihslōsai	*wihslōsau
3rd singular	*wihslōþi	*wihslō	*wihslōþau	*wihslōþai	*wihslōþau
1st dual	*wihslōs	*wihslōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wihslōþiz	*wihslōþiz	*wihslōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wihslōmaz	*wihslōm	—	*wihslōnþai	*wihslōnþau
2nd plural	*wihslōþ	*wihslōþ	*wihslōþ	*wihslōnþai	*wihslōnþau
3rd plural	*wihslōnþi	*wihslōn	*wihslōnþau	*wihslōnþai	*wihslōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wihslōdǭ	*wihslōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*wihslōdēz	*wihslōdēdīz
3rd singular	*wihslōdē	*wihslōdēdī
1st dual	*wihslōdēdū	*wihslōdēdīw
2nd dual	*wihslōdēdudiz	*wihslōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*wihslōdēdum	*wihslōdēdīm
2nd plural	*wihslōdēdud	*wihslōdēdīd
3rd plural	*wihslōdēdun	*wihslōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wihslōndz	*wihslōdaz

Related terms

*wihslaz
*wihslijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wihslōn
- Old English: *wixlian, wrixlian
  - ⇒ Old English: ġewrixlian
    - Middle English: wrixlen
      - English: wrixle
- Old Frisian: wixlia
  - Saterland Frisian: wicselja, wikselje
  - West Frisian: wikselje
- Old Saxon: wehslōn
  - Middle Low German: wesselen, weslen
    - German Low German: wesseln
- Old Dutch: *wihslon
  - Middle Dutch: wisselen
    - Dutch: wisselen
    - Limburgish: wessele, wissele, wisjele
    - → Middle English: wissilen
      - Scots: quhissel, wissel
      - English: whystyll, whystel, wissle
- Old High German: wehsalōn
  - Middle High German: wëhseln
    - Cimbrian: bèksalan
    - German: wechseln
    - Luxembourgish: wiesselen
Old Norse: víxla
- Icelandic: víxla
- Faroese: veksla
- Norwegian: veksle
- Swedish: växla
- Danish: veksle

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wikōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586: “*wī̆h-sla-”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wikōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586: “*wī̆h-sla-”

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