Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/winkijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend”), and cognate with Sanskrit वङ्गति (váṅgati, “to walk, limp”), Lithuanian véngti (“to (try to) evade or avoid”), vi̇̀ngis (“bow, curvature”), vingiúoti (“to bend, turn, make detours”).[1]

Verb

*winkijan

  1. to bend, flex
  2. to move back and forth, wave
  3. to flutter, blink
  4. to shake

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *winkijan
1st sg. past *winkidā
Infinitive *winkijan
Genitive infin. *winkijannjas
Dative infin. *winkijannjē
Instrum. infin. *winkijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *winkiju *winkidā
2nd singular *winkisi *winkidēs, *winkidōs
3rd singular *winkiþi *winkidē, *winkidā
1st plural *winkijum *winkidum
2nd plural *winkiþ *winkidud
3rd plural *winkijanþ *winkidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *winkijē *winkidī
2nd singular *winkijēs *winkidī
3rd singular *winkijē *winkidī
1st plural *winkijēm *winkidīm
2nd plural *winkijēþ *winkidīd
3rd plural *winkijēn *winkidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *winki
Plural *winkiþ
Present Past
Participle *winkijandī *winkid

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: *winċan
  • Old Frisian: *winka
    • West Frisian: winke (strong verb by analogy with similar-sounding strong verbs)
  • Old Saxon: *winkian
  • Old Dutch: winken
  • Old High German: winken (“to wave, nod”)

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “winken”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.