Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gawitāną

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 *ga- +‎ *witāną.

Verb

*gawitāną

to become wise
to be able

Inflection

Conjugation of *gawitāną (weak class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*gawitō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*gawitaisi	?	*gawitai	*gawitāsai	?
3rd singular	*gawitaiþi	?	*gawitāþau	*gawitāþai	?
1st dual	*gawitōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*gawitāþiz	?	*gawitāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*gawitāmaz	?	—	*gawitānþai	?
2nd plural	*gawitaiþ	?	*gawitaiþ	*gawitānþai	?
3rd plural	*gawitānþi	?	*gawitānþau	*gawitānþai	?

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gawitadǭ	*gawitadēdį̄
2nd singular	*gawitadēz	*gawitadēdīz
3rd singular	*gawitadē	*gawitadēdī
1st dual	*gawitadēdū	*gawitadēdīw
2nd dual	*gawitadēdudiz	*gawitadēdīdiz
1st plural	*gawitadēdum	*gawitadēdīm
2nd plural	*gawitadēdud	*gawitadēdīd
3rd plural	*gawitadēdun	*gawitadēdīn

	present	past
participles	*gawitāndz	*gawitadaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *gawitēn
- Old High German: giwizzēn
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gawitān)