Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waitijaną

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *woydéyeti, causative of *weyd- (to see). Equivalent to *wītaną (to know) +‎ *-janą. Cognate with Sanskrit वेदयति (vedayati, announce) and Old Irish foídid (send).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwai̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*waitijaną

  1. to cause to know, to show

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *waitijan
    • Old Frisian: wēta (to claim, testify)
    • Old High German: weizen (to show, prove)
  • Old Norse: veita (to give, grant)
    • Faroese: veita (to yield, render, give, grant, allot, allocate, assign)
    • Icelandic: veita (to give, grant, offer)
    • Old Danish: vide/vede (to give, offer, admit)
    • Middle Norwegian: veita (to give, promise, fulfill)
    • Old Swedish: vēta (to give, grant, offer)

References

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  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  • Hellquist, Elof (1922) Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN