Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wakēn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wakāną. Equivalent to *wakan (“to wake”) + *-ēn.
Verb
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *wakēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *wak?dā | |
| Infinitive | *wakēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *wakēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *wakēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *wakēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wakē | *wak?dā |
| 2nd singular | *wakēs | *wak?dēs, *wak?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *wakēþ | *wak?dē, *wak?dā |
| 1st plural | *wakēm | *wak?dum |
| 2nd plural | *wakēþ | *wak?dud |
| 3rd plural | *wakēnþ | *wak?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wakē | *wak?dī |
| 2nd singular | *wakēs | *wak?dī |
| 3rd singular | *wakē | *wak?dī |
| 1st plural | *wakēm | *wak?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *wakēþ | *wak?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *wakēn | *wak?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *wakē | |
| Plural | *wakēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *wakēndī | *wak?d |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: wacian
- Old Frisian: wakia
- Old Saxon: wakōn
- Middle Low German: waken
- Plautdietsch: wakjen
- Middle Low German: waken
- Old Dutch: wacon
- Old High German: wahhēn
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 90: “*wakēn”
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190: “PWGmc *wakē-”