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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *waljaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_waljaną</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_waljana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waljaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>waljaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈwɑl.jɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚹᚨᛚᛃᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Weak class 1</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to choose, to pick, to select</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *wiljaną + *-janą.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>waljō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>waljaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>waljai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>walisi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>waljais</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>wali</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>waljasai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>waljaisau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>waliþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>waljai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>waljaþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>waljaþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>waljaiþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>waljōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>waljaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>waljaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>waljaiþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>waljaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>waljamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>waljaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>waljanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>waljainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>waliþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>waljaiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>waliþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>waljanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>waljainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>waljanþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>waljain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>waljanþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>waljanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>waljainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>walidǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>walidēdį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>walidēz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>walidēdīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>walidē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>walidēdī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>walidēdū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>walidēdīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>walidēdudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>walidēdīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>walidēdum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>walidēdīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>walidēdud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>walidēdīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>walidēdun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>walidēdīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>waljandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>walidaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>waljaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*walljan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>wellen</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*walljan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>wellen, welit</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>weln, welen, wellen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Bavarian</lang>
                        <orth>wäihn, wöhln, wöhn</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>wielen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*walljan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>wellen, welit</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>weln, welen, wellen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>wählen</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Low German</lang>
                          <orth>wählen</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*walljan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*welian</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>wēlen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>wählen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>velja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                    <orth>wela</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>velja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Gutnish</lang>
                    <orth>väle</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>velja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>velja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Ostrobothnian</lang>
                    <orth>?</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Scanian</lang>
                    <orth>vælla</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>velja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>wæliæ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>vælge</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>velge</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>velja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>vælia</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>välja</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waljan)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Finnic</lang>
                  <orth>*valit'ak</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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