Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāni

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 *wēniz.

Noun

*wāni f

1. hope, expectation

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wāni
Genitive	*wānī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wāni	*wānī
Accusative	*wāni	*wānī
Genitive	*wānī	*wānijō
Dative	*wānī	*wānim, *wānijum
Instrumental	*wānī	*wānim, *wānijum

Derived terms

• *wānijan

Descendants

• Old English: wēn
  • Middle English: wene, wen
    • English: ween
    • Scots: wen, wene
• Old Frisian: wēn
• Old Saxon: wān
• Old Dutch: wān
  • Middle Dutch: wâen
    • Dutch: waan
      • Afrikaans: waan
    • Limburgish: waan
• Old High German: wān
  • Middle High German: wān
    • German: Wahn
    • Luxembourgish: Woun