Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wankijan

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 *wankijaną (“to sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend”).

Verb

*wankijan

1. to stagger, sway
2. to wave
3. to move aside

Conjugation

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*wankijan
1st sg. past	*wankidā
Infinitive	*wankijan
Genitive infin.	*wankijannjas
Dative infin.	*wankijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wankijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wankiju	*wankidā
2nd singular	*wankisi	*wankidēs, *wankidōs
3rd singular	*wankiþi	*wankidē, *wankidā
1st plural	*wankijum	*wankidum
2nd plural	*wankiþ	*wankidud
3rd plural	*wankijanþ	*wankidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wankijē	*wankidī
2nd singular	*wankijēs	*wankidī
3rd singular	*wankijē	*wankidī
1st plural	*wankijēm	*wankidīm
2nd plural	*wankijēþ	*wankidīd
3rd plural	*wankijēn	*wankidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wanki
Plural	*wankiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*wankijandī	*wankid

Related terms

• *wankōn
• *winkijan
• *winkōn

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *wenka, *wenza
  • Saterland Frisian: wänke, wäänke
• Old Saxon: wenkian
  • Middle Low German: wenken
    • German Low German: wenken
• Old Dutch: *wenken, winken
  • Middle Dutch: wenken, winken
    • Dutch: wenken
• Old High German: wenken
  • Middle High German: wenken
    • German: wenken (archaic)
• → Vulgar Latin: *wenchiō
  • Old French: guenchir, genchir, guinchir, ganchir
    • Middle French: guenchir, genchir
      • French: guenchir
  • Old Northern French: wenchir, winchir
    • → Middle English: wyncen, wynce, wynche, wyncyn, wynse, wynsen; wynci
      • English: wince
      • Scots: wince, winch

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*wenkjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 555