Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wedrōną

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 *wedrą (“weather”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈweð.rɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wedrōną

1. to expose to the weather
2. to change (of the weather)
3. to be in a particular state (of the weather)

Inflection

Conjugation of *wedrōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wedrō	*wedrǭ	—	*wedrōi	?
2nd singular	*wedrōsi	*wedrōs	*wedrō	*wedrōsai	*wedrōsau
3rd singular	*wedrōþi	*wedrō	*wedrōþau	*wedrōþai	*wedrōþau
1st dual	*wedrōs	*wedrōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wedrōþiz	*wedrōþiz	*wedrōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wedrōmaz	*wedrōm	—	*wedrōnþai	*wedrōnþau
2nd plural	*wedrōþ	*wedrōþ	*wedrōþ	*wedrōnþai	*wedrōnþau
3rd plural	*wedrōnþi	*wedrōn	*wedrōnþau	*wedrōnþai	*wedrōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wedrōdǭ	*wedrōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*wedrōdēz	*wedrōdēdīz
3rd singular	*wedrōdē	*wedrōdēdī
1st dual	*wedrōdēdū	*wedrōdēdīw
2nd dual	*wedrōdēdudiz	*wedrōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*wedrōdēdum	*wedrōdēdīm
2nd plural	*wedrōdēdud	*wedrōdēdīd
3rd plural	*wedrōdēdun	*wedrōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*wedrōndz	*wedrōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wedrōn
  • Old English: wederian, wedrian
    • Middle English: wederen
    • >? Middle English: wideren (to shrivel, dry up)
      • English: wither
  • Old Frisian: widria
  • Old Saxon: *wedarōn
    • Middle Low German: wēderen, wedderen
  • Old Dutch: *wedaron
    • Middle Dutch: wēderen
      • Dutch: wederen, weren
  • Old High German: *wetarōn
    • Middle High German: wēteren, wētern
      • German: wettern
• Old Norse: viðra
  • Icelandic: viðra
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: være

    Norwegian Nynorsk: vêre, vere, vêra, vera

  • Swedish: vädra
  • Danish: vejre