wahsan

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Verb

wahsan

  1. to grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of wahsan (strong class 6)
infinitive wahsan
indicative present past
1st person singular wahsu, wahso wuohs
2nd person singular wahsis, wahsist wuohsi
3rd person singular wahsit wuohs
1st person plural wahsem, wahsemēs wuohsum, wuohsumēs
2nd person plural wahset wuohsut
3rd person plural wahsant wuohsun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular wahse wuohsi
2nd person singular wahsēs, wahsēst wuohsīs, wuohsīst
3rd person singular wahse wuohsi
1st person plural wahsēm, wahsemēs wuohsīm, wuohsīmēs
2nd person plural wahsēt wuohsīt
3rd person plural wahsēn wuohsīn
imperative present
singular wahs
plural wahset
participle present past
wahsanti giwahsan

Descendants

  • Middle High German: wahsen
    • Central Franconian: wahße, wahsse, waße, waaße (alternative spellings), wase (Dutch-based spelling), wohße (some dialects of Moselle Franconian), wohße, wohsse, woße
      Hunsrik: wachse
    • Cimbrian: baksan
    • German: wachsen
    • Luxembourgish: wuessen
    • Yiddish: וואַקסן (vaksn)

References

  • Wright, Joseph. An Old High German Primer, Second Edition, 1906.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Verb

wahsan

  1. to grow
  2. to increase

Descendants

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