Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wagjaną

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

    By surface analysis, an iterative-intensive formation from *weganą +‎ *-janą. The verb may also derive from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰéyeti.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈwɑɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

    Verb

    *wagjaną

    1. to move around, to shake
    2. to agitate, to stir up

    Inflection

    Conjugation of *wagjaną (weak class 1)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *wagjō *wagjaų *wagjai ?
    2nd singular *wagisi *wagjais *wagi *wagjasai *wagjaisau
    3rd singular *wagiþi *wagjai *wagjaþau *wagjaþai *wagjaiþau
    1st dual *wagjōs *wagjaiw
    2nd dual *wagjaþiz *wagjaiþiz *wagjaþiz
    1st plural *wagjamaz *wagjaim *wagjanþai *wagjainþau
    2nd plural *wagiþ *wagjaiþ *wagiþ *wagjanþai *wagjainþau
    3rd plural *wagjanþi *wagjain *wagjanþau *wagjanþai *wagjainþau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *wagidǭ *wagidēdį̄
    2nd singular *wagidēz *wagidēdīz
    3rd singular *wagidē *wagidēdī
    1st dual *wagidēdū *wagidēdīw
    2nd dual *wagidēdudiz *wagidēdīdiz
    1st plural *wagidēdum *wagidēdīm
    2nd plural *wagidēdud *wagidēdīd
    3rd plural *wagidēdun *wagidēdīn
    present past
    participles *wagjandz *wagidaz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *waggjan
      • Old English: weċġan
      • Old Saxon: weggian
      • Old Dutch: *weggen
      • Old High German: weggen
    • Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wagjan)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wagjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 565