Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēzī

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

Verb

*wēzī

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of *wesaną

Descendants

Some descendants probably conflated with *wēzį̄ (1st person).

• Old English: wǣre
• Old Frisian: wēre
• Old Saxon: wāri
  • Middle Low German: wêre
• Old Dutch: wāri
  • Dutch: ware
    • Afrikaans: ware
• Old High German: wāri
  • Alemannic German: wär, wër
  • German: wäre
  • Pennsylvania German: waer
• Old Norse: væri
  • Icelandic: væri
  • Old Swedish: var
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌹 (wēsi)