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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wunskijan

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 *wunskijaną.

Verb

*wunskijan

  1. to wish, desire

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *wunskijan
1st sg. past *wunskidā
Infinitive *wunskijan
Genitive infin. *wunskijannjas
Dative infin. *wunskijannjē
Instrum. infin. *wunskijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *wunskiju *wunskidā
2nd singular *wunskisi *wunskidēs, *wunskidōs
3rd singular *wunskiþi *wunskidē, *wunskidā
1st plural *wunskijum *wunskidum
2nd plural *wunskiþ *wunskidud
3rd plural *wunskijanþ *wunskidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *wunskijē *wunskidī
2nd singular *wunskijēs *wunskidī
3rd singular *wunskijē *wunskidī
1st plural *wunskijēm *wunskidīm
2nd plural *wunskijēþ *wunskidīd
3rd plural *wunskijēn *wunskidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *wunski
Plural *wunskiþ
Present Past
Participle *wunskijandī *wunskid

Descendants

  • Old English: wȳsċan
  • Old Frisian: *wenskia, *wunskia (likely a borrowing?)
  • Old Saxon: *wunskian
    • Middle Low German: wunschen
      • German Low German: wönschen, wünsken (Westphalian)
      • Low German: wöösken
      • Plautdietsch: wenschen
  • Old Dutch: *wunsken
    • Middle Dutch: wonschen (eastern), wunschen (eastern), wenschen (western)
      • Dutch: wensen
      • Limburgish: wönsje
  • Old High German: wunsken, wunscen
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