Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiganą
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]Inflection
[edit]The present tense forms have the zero grade vowel -i- rather than -ī-.
Conjugation of *wiganą (strong class 1)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *wīgan
- Old Norse: viga, vega
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (weihan), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍉 (andwaihandō) (< continuing the original present stem)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wīhan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wīxanan~*wīʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 465