Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wītaną

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This Proto-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-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see; look; look for; find”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*wītaną[1][2]

  1. to see; know
  2. to go; go forth; part
  3. to punish; torment

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 589
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 468
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