Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwan.

Adverb

*hwan

when

Derived terms

*hwannē
- Old English: hwonne, hwanne, hwænne
  - Middle English: whanne
    - English: when
    - Scots: whan
    - Yola: fan, van, phen
- Old Frisian: hwanne, hwenne
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: hwanēr, hwonēr
    - Saterland Frisian: wanner
- Old Saxon: hwanne
  - Middle Low German: wanne, wenne
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: wannēr, wannēre, wennēr
      - German Low German: wannehr, wennehr
- Old High German: hwanne, hwenne, wanne, wenne
  - Middle High German: wanne, wenne
    - Bavarian: wånn
    - Cimbrian: bénne, benn
    - German: wann, wenn
    - Luxembourgish: wann
    - Pennsylvania German: wann
    - Yiddish: ווען (ven)

Descendants

Old Frisian: hwon
Old Saxon: hwan
- Middle Low German: wan
  - Low German: wann, wenn
Old Dutch: *wan
- Middle Dutch: wann
  - Dutch: wen (archaic)
  - Limburgish: wen

References