Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dwelan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dwelaną.

Verb

*dwelan

to go astray

Inflection

Strong class 4
Infinitive	*dwelan
1st sg. past	*dwal
3rd pl. past	*dwālun
Past ptcple	*dwolan
Infinitive	*dwelan
Genitive infin.	*dwelannjas
Dative infin.	*dwelannjē
Instrum. infin.	*dwelannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*dwelu	*dwal
2nd singular	*dwiliʀi	*dwālī
3rd singular	*dwilidi	*dwal
1st plural	*dwelum	*dwālum
2nd plural	*dwilid	*dwālud
3rd plural	*dweland	*dwālun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*dwelē	*dwālī
2nd singular	*dwelēs	*dwālī
3rd singular	*dwelē	*dwālī
1st plural	*dwelēm	*dwālīm
2nd plural	*dwelēþ	*dwālīd
3rd plural	*dwelēn	*dwālīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*dwil
Plural	*dwilid
	Present	Past
Participle	*dwelandī	*dwolan

Descendants

Old English: *dwelan
- ⇒ Old English: ġedwolen
⇒ Old English: dwelian
- Middle English: dwelen
Old Saxon: dwelan
- Middle Low German: dwelen, dwēlen, twelen
  - German Low German: dwelen
Old Dutch: dwelan
- Middle Dutch: dwelen
  - Dutch: (obsolete) dwelen
>? Old High German: twelan
- Middle High German: twelen, tweln