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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wītaną
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see; look; look for; find”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiː.tɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *wītaną (strong class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *wītō | *wītaų | — | *wītai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *wītizi | *wītaiz | *wīt | *wītazai | *wītaizau |
| 3rd singular | *wītidi | *wītai | *wītadau | *wītadai | *wītaidau |
| 1st dual | *wītōz | *wītaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *wītadiz | *wītaidiz | *wītadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *wītamaz | *wītaim | — | *wītandai | *wītaindau |
| 2nd plural | *wītid | *wītaid | *wītid | *wītandai | *wītaindau |
| 3rd plural | *wītandi | *wītain | *wītandau | *wītandai | *wītaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *wait | *witį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *waist | *witīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *wait | *witī | |||
| 1st dual | *witū | *witīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *witudiz | *witīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *witum | *witīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *witud | *witīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *witun | *witīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *wītandz | *witanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *witaną
- *wītiją
Descendants
- Old English: wītan
- Old Frisian: wīta
- Saterland Frisian: wiete; ferwiete
- Old Saxon: wītan
- Middle Low German: wīten; vorwīten
- German Low German: verwieten
- Middle Low German: wīten; vorwīten
- Frankish: *wītan
- Old High German: wīzan, wīzzan; irwīzan; farwīzzan
- Old Norse: víta
- Old Swedish: vīta
- Gothic: *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*weitan) (in combination: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraweitan); 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (inweitan), etc.)
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