Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/
hwan
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
*hwan
.
Adverb
*hwan
when
Derived terms
*hwannē
Old English:
hwonne
,
hwanne
,
hwænne
Middle English:
whanne
English:
when
Scots:
whan
Yola:
fan
,
van
,
phen
Old Frisian:
hwanne
,
hwenne
⇒
Old Frisian:
hwanēr
,
hwonēr
Saterland Frisian:
wanner
Old Saxon:
hwanne
Middle Low German:
wanne
,
wenne
⇒
Middle Low German:
wannēr
,
wannēre
,
wennēr
German Low German:
wannehr
,
wennehr
Old High German:
hwanne
,
hwenne
,
wanne
,
wenne
Middle High German:
wanne
,
wenne
Bavarian:
wånn
Cimbrian:
bénne
,
benn
German:
wann
,
wenn
Luxembourgish:
wann
Pennsylvania German:
wann
Yiddish:
ווען
(
ven
)
Descendants
Old Frisian:
hwon
Old Saxon:
hwan
Middle Low German:
wan
Low German:
wann
,
wenn
Old Dutch:
*wan
Middle Dutch:
wann
Dutch:
wan
,
wen
(
archaic
)
Limburgish:
wen
References