Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wesaną
Proto-Germanic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom two different Proto-Indo-European roots:
Verb
edit*wesaną
Inflection
editThis verb is suppletive. The past and imperative are conjugated with the strong class 5 stem wes-, the remainder with an irregular stem (i)s-.
Conjugation of *wesaną (irregular, suppletive)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editThis section only lists descendants of the infinitive form, *wesaną. For other inflections, see the #Inflection section above.
- Proto-West Germanic: *wesan
- Proto-Norse:
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (wisan)
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to graze”). Related to Proto-Celtic *westā (“food, feast”), Latin vēscor (“to make use of”).[1][2]
Verb
edit*wesaną
Inflection
editConjugation of *wesaną (strong class 5)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 582
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “WES-A- 2”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, pages 562-63
Categories:
- Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁es-
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂wes-
- Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic lemmas
- Proto-Germanic verbs
- Proto-Germanic irregular verbs
- Proto-Germanic suppletive verbs
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wes- (graze)
- Proto-Germanic class 5 strong verbs