Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wanōną

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 *wanaz (“lacking”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.nɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*wanōną^[1]

To become less; lessen; wane

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *wanōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wanō	*wanǭ	—	*wanōi	?
2nd singular	*wanōsi	*wanōs	*wanō	*wanōsai	*wanōsau
3rd singular	*wanōþi	*wanō	*wanōþau	*wanōþai	*wanōþau
1st dual	*wanōs	*wanōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wanōþiz	*wanōþiz	*wanōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wanōmaz	*wanōm	—	*wanōnþai	*wanōnþau
2nd plural	*wanōþ	*wanōþ	*wanōþ	*wanōnþai	*wanōnþau
3rd plural	*wanōnþi	*wanōn	*wanōnþau	*wanōnþai	*wanōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wanōdǭ	*wanōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*wanōdēz	*wanōdēdīz
3rd singular	*wanōdē	*wanōdēdī
1st dual	*wanōdēdū	*wanōdēdīw
2nd dual	*wanōdēdudiz	*wanōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*wanōdēdum	*wanōdēdīm
2nd plural	*wanōdēdud	*wanōdēdīd
3rd plural	*wanōdēdun	*wanōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wanōndz	*wanōdaz

Alternative reconstructions edit

*wanāną^[2]^[3]

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *wanōn
- Old English: wanian, wonian
  - Middle English: wanien, wonien, wanen
    - Scots: wan, wane
    - English: wane
- Old Frisian: wania, wonia
- Old Saxon: wanōn
  - Middle Low German: wanen, wānen
- Old Dutch: *wanon
  - Middle Dutch: wanen, waenen
- Old High German: wanōn
Old Norse: vana
- Icelandic: vana

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wanōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 447
^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wanēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 446
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wana- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 572-573: “*wanēn-”

[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wanōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 447

[2] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wanēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 446

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wana- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 572-573: “*wanēn-”

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