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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wītaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see; look; look for; find”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wītaną[1][2]

  1. to see; know
  2. to go; go forth; part
  3. to punish; torment

Inflection
Conjugation of *wītaną (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wītō*wītaų—*wītai ?
2nd singular *wītizi*wītaiz*wīt*wītazai*wītaizau
3rd singular *wītidi*wītai*wītadau*wītadai*wītaidau
1st dual *wītōz*wītaiw———
2nd dual *wītadiz*wītaidiz*wītadiz——
1st plural *wītamaz*wītaim—*wītandai*wītaindau
2nd plural *wītid*wītaid*wītid*wītandai*wītaindau
3rd plural *wītandi*wītain*wītandau*wītandai*wītaindau
past tense 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
present past
participles *wītandz*witanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 589
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 468
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