Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wisnaną

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

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈwis.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*wisnaną

(intransitive) to wither

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *wisnaną (weak class 4)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wisnō	*wisnaų	—	—	—
2nd singular	*wisnōsi	*wisnais	*wisnō	—	—
3rd singular	*wisnōþi	*wisnai	*wisnōþau	—	—
1st dual	*wisnōs	*wisnaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wisnaþiz	*wisnaiþiz	*wisnaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wisnamaz	*wisnaim	—	—	—
2nd plural	*wisnaþ	*wisnaiþ	*wisnaþ	—	—
3rd plural	*wisnanþi	*wisnain	*wisnanþau	—	—

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wisnōdǭ	*wisnōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*wisnōdēz	*wisnōdēdīz
3rd singular	*wisnōdē	*wisnōdēdī
1st dual	*wisnōdēdū	*wisnōdēdīw
2nd dual	*wisnōdēdudiz	*wisnōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*wisnōdēdum	*wisnōdēdīm
2nd plural	*wisnōdēdud	*wisnōdēdīd
3rd plural	*wisnōdēdun	*wisnōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wisnandz	—

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *wisnēn
- Old English: wisnian, weosnian
  - Middle English: wisenen
    - English: wizen
- Old High German: wesanēn
Old Norse: visna
- Danish: visne
  - Norwegian Bokmål: visne
- Icelandic: visna
- Norwegian Nynorsk: visna
- Swedish: vissna