Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uberwahsijaną

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

Etymology

From *uber- +‎ *wahsijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌu.βerˈwɑx.si.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*uberwahsijaną

1. to overgrow, grow excessively

Inflection

Conjugation of *uberwahsijaną (strong class 6 j-present)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*uberwahsijō	*uberwahsijaų	—	*uberwahsijai	?
2nd singular	*uberwahsīsi	*uberwahsijais	*uberwahsī	*uberwahsijasai	*uberwahsijaisau
3rd singular	*uberwahsīþi	*uberwahsijai	*uberwahsijaþau	*uberwahsijaþai	*uberwahsijaiþau
1st dual	*uberwahsijōs	*uberwahsijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*uberwahsijaþiz	*uberwahsijaiþiz	*uberwahsijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*uberwahsijamaz	*uberwahsijaim	—	*uberwahsijanþai	*uberwahsijainþau
2nd plural	*uberwahsīþ	*uberwahsijaiþ	*uberwahsīþ	*uberwahsijanþai	*uberwahsijainþau
3rd plural	*uberwahsijanþi	*uberwahsijain	*uberwahsijanþau	*uberwahsijanþai	*uberwahsijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*uberwōhs	*uberwōhsį̄
2nd singular	*uberwōhst	*uberwōhsīz
3rd singular	*uberwōhs	*uberwōhsī
1st dual	*uberwōhsū	*uberwōhsīw
2nd dual	*uberwōhsudiz	*uberwōhsīdiz
1st plural	*uberwōhsum	*uberwōhsīm
2nd plural	*uberwōhsud	*uberwōhsīd
3rd plural	*uberwōhsun	*uberwōhsīn
	present	past
participles	*uberwahsijandz	*uberwahsanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *obarwahsan, *ubirwahsan
  • Old English: oferweaxan
    • Middle English: overwaxen
      • English: overwax (obsolete)
  • Old Saxon: *ovarwahsan
    • Middle Low German: *ȫverwassen
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: ȫverwassinge
  • Old Dutch: *overwassan
    • Middle Dutch: overwassen
      • Dutch: overwassen (obsolete)
  • Old High German: ubarwahsan
    • Middle High German: überwahsen
      • German: überwachsen
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarwahsjan)