*wesaną¹

Runic: ᚹᛖᛊᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwe.sɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Irregular

Meanings

  1. to be
  2. to remain
  3. to exist

Etymology

From two different Proto-Indo-European roots:

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularimmisijǭ–
2nd singularizisijēswes
3rd singularistisijēwesadau
1st dualizūsīw–
2nd dualizudizsīþizwesadiz
1st pluralizumsīm–
2nd pluralizudsīþwisid
3rd pluralsindisīnwesandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singular––
2nd singular––
3rd singular––
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st plural––
2nd plural––
3rd plural––

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwaswēzį̄
2nd singularwastwēzīz
3rd singularwaswēzī
1st dualwēzūwēzīw
2nd dualwēzudizwēzīdiz
1st pluralwēzumwēzīm
2nd pluralwēzudwēzīd
3rd pluralwēzunwēzīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
wesaną wesandz -

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Descendants

  • *wesan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wesan, weson (Old Dutch)
      • wēsen (Middle Dutch)
        • waeze (Limburgish)
  • *wesan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wesan, weson (Old Dutch)
      • wēsen (Middle Dutch)
        • wezen (Dutch)
          • wees (Afrikaans)
          • wêze (Jersey Dutch)
          • wees, wis (Negerhollands)
  • *wesan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wesan (Old English)
      • wesen (Middle English)
  • *wesan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wēsa (Old Frisian)
      • ? (North Frisian)
      • weze (Saterland Frisian)
      • wêze (West Frisian)
  • *wesan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wesan (Old High German)
      • wësen (Middle High German)
  • *wesan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wesan (Old Saxon)
      • wēsen, sîn (Middle Low German)
        • waen (Dutch Low Saxon)
        • wesen, ween (German Low German)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • vesa (Old Norse)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • vera (Old Norse)
      • wårå (Elfdalian)
      • vera (Faroese)
      • vera (Icelandic)
      • vara, ve (Jamtish)
      • vera, vè, vårå, vørå, vørrø, vara, va (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      • wara (Old Gutnish)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • vera (Old Norse)
      • wæræ, waræ (Old Danish)
        • være (Danish)
          • være (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • vera (Old Norse)
      • vara, væra, væræ (Old Swedish)
        • vara (Swedish)
  • 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (wisan) (Gothic)

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