*wahsijaną¹

Runic: ᚹᚨᚺᛊᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑx.si.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to grow

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ug-s-é-ti, a schwebeablaut zero-grade s-extension from *h₂weg- (‘to grow’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularwahsijōwahsijaų–
2nd singularwahsīsiwahsijaiswahsī
3rd singularwahsīþiwahsijaiwahsijaþau
1st dualwahsijōswahsijaiw–
2nd dualwahsijaþizwahsijaiþizwahsijaþiz
1st pluralwahsijamazwahsijaim–
2nd pluralwahsīþwahsijaiþwahsīþ
3rd pluralwahsijanþiwahsijainwahsijanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwahsijai–
2nd singularwahsijasaiwahsijaisau
3rd singularwahsijaþaiwahsijaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralwahsijanþaiwahsijainþau
2nd pluralwahsijanþaiwahsijainþau
3rd pluralwahsijanþaiwahsijainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwōhswōhsį̄
2nd singularwōhstwōhsīz
3rd singularwōhswōhsī
1st dualwōhsūwōhsīw
2nd dualwōhsudizwōhsīdiz
1st pluralwōhsumwōhsīm
2nd pluralwōhsudwōhsīd
3rd pluralwōhsunwōhsīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
wahsijaną wahsijandz wahsanaz

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Descendants

  • *wahsan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wassan (Old Dutch)
      • wassen (Middle Dutch)
        • wassen (Dutch)
          • was (Afrikaans)
  • *wahsan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • weaxan (Old English)
      • waxen (Middle English)
        • wax (English)
        • wax (Scots)
  • *wahsan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • waxa (Old Frisian)
      • wacsa, wacsen (Saterland Frisian)
      • waakse (West Frisian)
  • *wahsan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wahsan (Old High German)
      • wahsen (Middle High German)
        • wahße, wahsse, waße, waaße, wase, wohße, wohsse, woße (Central Franconian)
        • baksan (Cimbrian)
        • wachsen (German)
        • wuessen (Luxembourgish)
        • וואַקסן (vaksn) (Yiddish)
  • *wahsan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wahsan (Old Saxon)
      • wassen (Middle Low German)
        • wassen (Low German)
  • vaxa (Old Norse)
    • vaksa, veksa (Faroese)
    • vaksa (Gutnish)
    • vaxa (Icelandic)
    • veksa, vaksa (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • vaxa (Old Norse)
    • waxæ (Old Danish)
      • vokse (Danish)
        • vokse (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • vaxa (Old Norse)
    • vaxa, væxa (Old Swedish)
      • växa (Swedish)
  • 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wahsjan) (Gothic)
    • guaixar (Catalan)

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