Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīhijaną

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 *wīhaz (“sacred, holy”) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.xi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wīhijaną

  1. to hallow, to consecrate

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wīhijō *wīhijaų — *wīhijai ?
2nd singular *wīhīsi *wīhijais *wīhī *wīhijasai *wīhijaisau
3rd singular *wīhīþi *wīhijai *wīhijaþau *wīhijaþai *wīhijaiþau
1st dual *wīhijōs *wīhijaiw — — —
2nd dual *wīhijaþiz *wīhijaiþiz *wīhijaþiz — —
1st plural *wīhijamaz *wīhijaim — *wīhijanþai *wīhijainþau
2nd plural *wīhīþ *wīhijaiþ *wīhīþ *wīhijanþai *wīhijainþau
3rd plural *wīhijanþi *wīhijain *wīhijanþau *wīhijanþai *wīhijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *wīhidǭ *wīhidēdį̄
2nd singular *wīhidēz *wīhidēdīz
3rd singular *wīhidē *wīhidēdī
1st dual *wīhidēdū *wīhidēdīw
2nd dual *wīhidēdudiz *wīhidēdīdiz
1st plural *wīhidēdum *wīhidēdīm
2nd plural *wīhidēdud *wīhidēdīd
3rd plural *wīhidēdun *wīhidēdīn
present past
participles *wīhijandz *wīhidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wīhijan
    • ⇒ Old English: fulwian (“to baptize”) (< *fullawīhijan)
      • Middle English: fullen
        • English: full (obsolete)
    • Old Frisian: wīa
      • Saterland Frisian: wäie
      • West Frisian: wije
    • Old Saxon: wīhian
      • Middle Low German: wîhen, wîen, wîgen
        • Low German: wiehen
    • Old Dutch: wīen
    • Old High German: wīhen
  • Old Norse: vígja
    • Icelandic: vígja
    • Old Swedish: vīghia, vīgha (“to consecrate, unite in wedlock”)
      • Swedish: viga (“to unite in wedlock”)
      • → Finnish: vihkiä
    • Danish: vie (“to dedicate, unite in wedlock”)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wīʒjanan ~ *wīxjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465
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