Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwētaną

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 *kʷeh₁d- (“to stab”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxʷeː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwētaną

1. to attack, assault
2. to stab, pierce

Inflection

Conjugation of *hwētaną (strong class 7d)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwētō	*hwētaų	—	*hwētai	?
2nd singular	*hwētizi	*hwētaiz	*hwēt	*hwētazai	*hwētaizau
3rd singular	*hwētidi	*hwētai	*hwētadau	*hwētadai	*hwētaidau
1st dual	*hwētōz	*hwētaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hwētadiz	*hwētaidiz	*hwētadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hwētamaz	*hwētaim	—	*hwētandai	*hwētaindau
2nd plural	*hwētid	*hwētaid	*hwētid	*hwētandai	*hwētaindau
3rd plural	*hwētandi	*hwētain	*hwētandau	*hwētandai	*hwētaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwehwōt	*hwehwōtį̄
2nd singular	*hwehwōst	*hwehwōtīz
3rd singular	*hwehwōt	*hwehwōtī
1st dual	*hwehwōtū	*hwehwōtīw
2nd dual	*hwehwōtudiz	*hwehwōtīdiz
1st plural	*hwehwōtum	*hwehwōtīm
2nd plural	*hwehwōtud	*hwehwōtīd
3rd plural	*hwehwōtun	*hwehwōtīn
	present	past
participles	*hwētandz	*hwētanaz

Derived terms

• *hwōtijaną
• *hwōtō

Related terms

• *hwassaz
• *hwataz
• *hwatjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hwātan
  • Old English: *hwǣtan
    • ⇒ Old English: āhwǣtan
  • Old High German: wāzan
• Old Norse: hváta
  • Icelandic: hváta, hvota