Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wanisōną

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

Alternative forms

*wansōną

Etymology

From *wanaz +‎ *-isōną.

Verb

*wanisōną

to make less; reduce, decrease, lessen

Inflection

Conjugation of *wanisōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wanisō	*wanisǭ	—	*wanisōi	?
2nd singular	*wanisōsi	*wanisōs	*wanisō	*wanisōsai	*wanisōsau
3rd singular	*wanisōþi	*wanisō	*wanisōþau	*wanisōþai	*wanisōþau
1st dual	*wanisōs	*wanisōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wanisōþiz	*wanisōþiz	*wanisōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wanisōmaz	*wanisōm	—	*wanisōnþai	*wanisōnþau
2nd plural	*wanisōþ	*wanisōþ	*wanisōþ	*wanisōnþai	*wanisōnþau
3rd plural	*wanisōnþi	*wanisōn	*wanisōnþau	*wanisōnþai	*wanisōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wanisōdǭ	*wanisōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*wanisōdēz	*wanisōdēdīz
3rd singular	*wanisōdē	*wanisōdēdī
1st dual	*wanisōdēdū	*wanisōdēdīw
2nd dual	*wanisōdēdudiz	*wanisōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*wanisōdēdum	*wanisōdēdīm
2nd plural	*wanisōdēdud	*wanisōdēdīd
3rd plural	*wanisōdēdun	*wanisōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wanisōndz	*wanisōdaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wanisōn, *wansōn
- Old English: wansian (< *wansōn; alternatively borrowed from Old Norse)
  - Middle English: wansen
    - English: wanse
    - Scots: wanze
Old Norse: vansa
- Icelandic: vansa
- Faroese: vansa