wītaną – Proto-Germanic verb conjugation

Proto-Germanic verb forms of wītaną

Active Voice

Indicative Present

1st sing.wītō
2nd sing.wītizi
3rd sing.wītidi
1st dualwītōz
2nd dualwītadiz
1st plur.wītamaz
2nd plur.wītid
3rd plur.wītandi

Indicative Past

1st sing.wait
2nd sing.waist
3rd sing.wait
1st dualwitū
2nd dualwitudiz
1st plur.witum
2nd plur.witud
3rd plur.witun

Subjunctive Present

1st sing.wītaų
2nd sing.wītaiz
3rd sing.wītai
1st dualwītaiw
2nd dualwītaidiz
1st plur.wītaim
2nd plur.wītaid
3rd plur.wītain

Subjunctive Past

1st sing.witį̄
2nd sing.witīz
3rd sing.witī
1st dualwitīw
2nd dualwitīdiz
1st plur.witīm
2nd plur.witīd
3rd plur.witīn

Imperative

2nd sing.wīt
3rd sing.wītadau
2nd dualwītadiz
2nd plur.wītid
3rd plur.wītandau

Passive Voice

Indicative

1st sing.wītai
2nd sing.wītazai
3rd sing.wītadai
1st plur.wītandai
2nd plur.wītandai
3rd plur.wītandai

Subjunctive

2nd sing.wītaizau
3rd sing.wītaidau
1st plur.wītaindau
2nd plur.wītaindau
3rd plur.wītaindau

Participles

Presentwītandz
Pastwitanaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see; look; look for; find”), with semantic shift "to see" > "to witness" > "to blame, punish".

Verbs referencing "wītaną"

English twit, English guide, English wite, Scots wyte, French guider, Asturian guiar, Galician guiar, Spanish guiar, Dutch wijten, Middle Dutch witen, English atwite, Old French guier, Icelandic víta.

Cognates

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