Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēzīn

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

*wēzīn

1. third-person plural past active subjunctive of *wesaną

Descendants

• Old English: wǣren
  • Middle English: weren, were (conflated with wǣron)
    • English: were
    • Scots: wir, wur
• Old Frisian: wēren
• Old Saxon: wārin
  • Middle Low German: wêren
• Old Dutch: wārin
  • Dutch: waren
• Old High German: wārin
  • Alemannic German: wäre
  • German: wären
  • Pennsylvania German: waere
• Old Norse: væri
  • Icelandic: væru
  • Old Swedish: vāro
    • Swedish: vore