Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēzīn

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 *h₂wes-.

Verb

*wēzīn

third-person plural past active subjunctive of *wesaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wāʀīn
- Old English: wǣren
  - Middle English: weren, were (conflated with wǣron)
    - English: were (obsolete wern, weren)
    - Scots: wir, wur
- Old Frisian: wēren
  - Saterland Frisian: wieren
- Old Saxon: wārin
  - Middle Low German: wêren
    - Low German: waren, weren, weern
- Old Dutch: wārin
  - Middle Dutch: waren
    - Dutch: waren
- Old High German: wārin
  - Middle High German: wæren
    - Alemannic German: wäre
    - German: wären
    - Pennsylvania German: waere
Old Norse: væri
- Faroese: vóru
- Icelandic: væru
- Old Swedish: vāro
  - Swedish: vore