Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwēsijaną

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 *hwēsaną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈxʷeː.si.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwēsijaną[1]

  1. to cause to wheeze
  2. to hiss

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hwēsijō *hwēsijaų *hwēsijai ?
2nd singular *hwēsīsi *hwēsijais *hwēsī *hwēsijasai *hwēsijaisau
3rd singular *hwēsīþi *hwēsijai *hwēsijaþau *hwēsijaþai *hwēsijaiþau
1st dual *hwēsijōs *hwēsijaiw
2nd dual *hwēsijaþiz *hwēsijaiþiz *hwēsijaþiz
1st plural *hwēsijamaz *hwēsijaim *hwēsijanþai *hwēsijainþau
2nd plural *hwēsīþ *hwēsijaiþ *hwēsīþ *hwēsijanþai *hwēsijainþau
3rd plural *hwēsijanþi *hwēsijain *hwēsijanþau *hwēsijanþai *hwēsijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hwēsidǭ *hwēsidēdį̄
2nd singular *hwēsidēz *hwēsidēdīz
3rd singular *hwēsidē *hwēsidēdī
1st dual *hwēsidēdū *hwēsidēdīw
2nd dual *hwēsidēdudiz *hwēsidēdīdiz
1st plural *hwēsidēdum *hwēsidēdīm
2nd plural *hwēsidēdud *hwēsidēdīd
3rd plural *hwēsidēdun *hwēsidēdīn
present past
participles *hwēsijandz *hwēsidaz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: hvæsa
    • Icelandic: hvæsa
    • Faroese: hvæsa
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvæsa, kvesa; (dialectal) gvæse, væse
    • Elfdalian: węsa
    • Swedish: väsa, (older) hväsa
    • Danish: hvæse
    • Middle English: whesen

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwēsan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266:*hwēsjan-