Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waitijaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *woydéyeti, causative of *weyd- (“to see”). Equivalent to *wītaną (“to know”) +‎ *-janą. Cognate with Sanskrit वेदयति (vedayati, “announce”) and Old Irish foídid (“send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwai̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*waitijaną

1. to cause to know, to show

Inflection

Conjugation of *waitijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*waitijō	*waitijaų	—	*waitijai	?
2nd singular	*waitīsi	*waitijais	*waitī	*waitijasai	*waitijaisau
3rd singular	*waitīþi	*waitijai	*waitijaþau	*waitijaþai	*waitijaiþau
1st dual	*waitijōs	*waitijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*waitijaþiz	*waitijaiþiz	*waitijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*waitijamaz	*waitijaim	—	*waitijanþai	*waitijainþau
2nd plural	*waitīþ	*waitijaiþ	*waitīþ	*waitijanþai	*waitijainþau
3rd plural	*waitijanþi	*waitijain	*waitijanþau	*waitijanþai	*waitijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*waitidǭ	*waitidēdį̄
2nd singular	*waitidēz	*waitidēdīz
3rd singular	*waitidē	*waitidēdī
1st dual	*waitidēdū	*waitidēdīw
2nd dual	*waitidēdudiz	*waitidēdīdiz
1st plural	*waitidēdum	*waitidēdīm
2nd plural	*waitidēdud	*waitidēdīd
3rd plural	*waitidēdun	*waitidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*waitijandz	*waitidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *waitijan
  • Old Frisian: wēta (“to claim, testify”)
  • Old High German: weizen (“to show, prove”)
• Old Norse: veita (“to give, grant”)
  • Faroese: veita (“to yield, render, give, grant, allot, allocate, assign”)
  • Icelandic: veita (“to give, grant, offer”)
  • Old Danish: vide/vede (“to give, offer, admit”)
  • Middle Norwegian: veita (“to give, promise, fulfill”)
  • Old Swedish: vēta (“to give, grant, offer”)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
• Hellquist, Elof (1922) Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN