Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīsōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wīsaz (“wise”) + *-ōną (factitive verb–forming suffix); literally “make wise”.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiː.sɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wīsōną[1]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *wīsō | *wīsǭ | — | *wīsōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *wīsōsi | *wīsōs | *wīsō | *wīsōsai | *wīsōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *wīsōþi | *wīsō | *wīsōþau | *wīsōþai | *wīsōþau | |
| 1st dual | *wīsōs | *wīsōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *wīsōþiz | *wīsōþiz | *wīsōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *wīsōmaz | *wīsōm | — | *wīsōnþai | *wīsōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *wīsōþ | *wīsōþ | *wīsōþ | *wīsōnþai | *wīsōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *wīsōnþi | *wīsōn | *wīsōnþau | *wīsōnþai | *wīsōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *wīsōdǭ | *wīsōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *wīsōdēz | *wīsōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *wīsōdē | *wīsōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wīsōdēdū | *wīsōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wīsōdēdudiz | *wīsōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wīsōdēdum | *wīsōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wīsōdēdud | *wīsōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wīsōdēdun | *wīsōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *wīsōndz | *wīsōdaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: wīsian
- Old Frisian: wīsia
- Old Saxon: wīsōn
- ⇒ Old Saxon: giwīsōn
- Old Dutch: wīson
- Old High German: wīsōn
- Old Norse: vísa
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐍉𐌽 (gaweisōn)