Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāan

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 *wēaną.

Verb

*wāan^[1]

to blow (of wind)

Inflection

Strong class 7d
Infinitive	*wāan
1st sg. past	*wē
3rd pl. past	*wēun
Past ptcple	*wāan
Infinitive	*wāan
Genitive infin.	*wāannjas
Dative infin.	*wāannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wāannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wāu	*wē
2nd singular	*wāiʀi	*wēī
3rd singular	*wāidi	*wē
1st plural	*wāum	*wēum
2nd plural	*wāid	*wēud
3rd plural	*wāand	*wēun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wāē	*wēī
2nd singular	*wāēs	*wēī
3rd singular	*wāē	*wēī
1st plural	*wāēm	*wēīm
2nd plural	*wāēþ	*wēīd
3rd plural	*wāēn	*wēīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wā
Plural	*wāid
	Present	Past
Participle	*wāandī	*wāan

Related terms

*wedr
*wind

Descendants

Old English: wāwan
Old Frisian: wēia, wāia
- West Frisian: waaie
Old Saxon: wāian
- Middle Low German: weien
  - Low German: weihn
Old Dutch: wāien
- Middle Dutch: wâyen
  - Dutch: waaien
  - Limburgish: wèjje
Old High German: wāen, wāhen
- Middle High German: wæjen
  - German: wehen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 151: “PWGmc *wāan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 151: “PWGmc *wāan”

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