Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“to have seen, known”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*witaną
- to know
Usage notes
editThis verb was probably used with facts and pieces of information, and likely had a meaning not unlike "to be aware of". For the verb associated with knowing how to do something as well as being familiar with people, places, concepts, skills and such, see *kunnaną.
Inflection
editactive voice | passive voice | |||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
1st singular | *wait | *witį̄ | — | — | — | |
2nd singular | *waist | *witīz | — | — | — | |
3rd singular | *wait | *witī | — | — | — | |
1st dual | *witū | *witīw | — | — | — | |
2nd dual | *witudiz | *witīdiz | — | — | — | |
1st plural | *witum | *witīm | — | — | — | |
2nd plural | *witud | *witīd | — | — | — | |
3rd plural | *witun | *witīn | — | — | — | |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
1st singular | *wissǭ | *wissēdį̄ | ||||
2nd singular | *wissēz | *wissēdīz | ||||
3rd singular | *wissē | *wissēdī | ||||
1st dual | *wissēdū | *wissēdīw | ||||
2nd dual | *wissēdudiz | *wissēdīdiz | ||||
1st plural | *wissēdum | *wissēdīm | ||||
2nd plural | *wissēdud | *wissēdīd | ||||
3rd plural | *wissēdun | *wissēdīn | ||||
present | past | |||||
participles | *witandz | *wissaz |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *witan
- Proto-Norse: *ᚹᚨᛁᛏ (*wait)
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witan)
References
editCategories:
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-
- Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Proto-Germanic lemmas
- Proto-Germanic verbs
- Proto-Germanic preterite-present verbs
- gem-pro:Thinking