Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/was

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑs/

Verb

*was

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of *wesaną

Descendants

• Old English: wæs, was, wæss, wes — Mercian, uæs, waes, wæss, ues — Northumbrian, ᚹᚫᛋ (wæs) — Ruthwell Cross
  • Middle English: was
    • English: was
    • Middle Scots: was, wes
      • Scots: was, wis
    • Yola: waas, was, waz, 'as, as (after Ich)
• Old Frisian: was
  • North Frisian: wus, waos
  • Saterland Frisian: waas
  • West Frisian: was
• Old Saxon: was
  • Middle Low German: was
    • Dutch Low Saxon: was
    • German Low German: was
    • Plautdietsch: was
• Old Dutch: was
  • Dutch: was
    • Afrikaans: was
  • Limburgish: waas
• Proto-Norse: ᚹᚨᛊ (was)
  • Old Norse: vas (early), var (-s replaced with -r by analogy to other inflections) (see there for further descendants)
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍃 (was)