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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēniz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛː.niz/

Etymology 1

Possible vṛddhi gerundive of unattested *wenaną (to be accustomed to, expect), from Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-e-ti, from *wenh₁- (to love).

Adjective

*wēniz

  1. likely, to be expected
  2. promising, hopeful
Inflection


Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *wānī
    • Old English: *wēne
      • Old English: ġewēne
    • Proto-West Germanic: *anawānī
  • Old Norse: vænn
    • Icelandic: vænn
    • Faroese: vænur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: væn, ven; (dialectal) vén’e
    • Swedish: vän
    • Danish: væn
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ven

Etymology 2

Likely nominalized from the adjective.

Noun

*wēniz f

  1. hope, expectation
  2. belief
Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *wēniz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wēniz *wēnīz
vocative *wēni *wēnīz
accusative *wēnį *wēninz
genitive *wēnīz *wēnijǫ̂
dative *wēnī *wēnimaz
instrumental *wēnī *wēnimiz
Derived terms
Descendants
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