Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiganą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
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Originally a zero-grade present, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to fight”). Related to Latin vincō (“to conquer”), Old Irish fichid (“to fight”).[1] Likely related to English weaken (“make yield”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*wiganą
Inflection
The present tense forms have the zero grade vowel -i- rather than -ī-.
Conjugation of *wiganą (strong class 1)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: wīgan
- Old Dutch: *wigan
- Old High German: wīgan
- Old Norse: viga, vega
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (weihan), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍉 (andwaihandō) (< continuing the original present stem)