*wītaną

Runic: ᚹᛁᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwiː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

  1. to see; know
  2. to go; go forth; part
  3. to punish; torment

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (‘to see; look; look for; find’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularwītōwītaų–
2nd singularwītiziwītaizwīt
3rd singularwītidiwītaiwītadau
1st dualwītōzwītaiw–
2nd dualwītadizwītaidizwītadiz
1st pluralwītamazwītaim–
2nd pluralwītidwītaidwītid
3rd pluralwītandiwītainwītandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwītai–
2nd singularwītazaiwītaizau
3rd singularwītadaiwītaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralwītandaiwītaindau
2nd pluralwītandaiwītaindau
3rd pluralwītandaiwītaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwaitwitį̄
2nd singularwaistwitīz
3rd singularwaitwitī
1st dualwitūwitīw
2nd dualwitudizwitīdiz
1st pluralwitumwitīm
2nd pluralwitudwitīd
3rd pluralwitunwitīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
wītaną wītandz witanaz

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Descendants

  • *wītan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wītan (Old Dutch)
      • witen (Middle Dutch)
        • wiete (Limburgish)
  • *wītan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wītan (Old Dutch)
      • witen (Middle Dutch)
        • wijten (Dutch)
          • wyt (Afrikaans)
  • *wītan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wītan (Old English)
      • wīten, wyten (Middle English)
        • wite (English)
        • wyte (Scots)
  • *wītan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *guider, guier (Old French)
      • guidare (Italian)
      • guidar, guizar (Occitan)
      • guiar (Portuguese)
      • guiar (Spanish)
  • *wītan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *guider, guier (Old French)
      • guiden, giden, gyden, guien, gien, gyen (Middle English)
        • guide, guy (English)
  • *wītan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *guider, guier (Old French)
      • guider (Middle French)
        • guider (French)
  • *wītan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wīta (Old Frisian)
      • wiete (Saterland Frisian)
  • *wītan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wīzan, wīzzan (Old High German)
      • wīzen (Middle High German)
        • weisen (German)
        • wiesen (German Low German)
  • *wītan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wītan (Old Saxon)
      • wīten (Middle Low German)
  • víta (Old Norse)
    • víta (Icelandic)
    • vīta (Old Swedish)
  • *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*weitan) (Gothic)
    • 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (inweitan) (Gothic)

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