Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōstijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *wōstī (“uninhabited, desolate, waste”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*wōstijan

1. to devastate, lay waste

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*wōstijan
1st sg. past	*wōstidā
Infinitive	*wōstijan
Genitive infin.	*wōstijannjas
Dative infin.	*wōstijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wōstijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wōstiju	*wōstidā
2nd singular	*wōstisi	*wōstidēs, *wōstidōs
3rd singular	*wōstiþi	*wōstidē, *wōstidā
1st plural	*wōstijum	*wōstidum
2nd plural	*wōstiþ	*wōstidud
3rd plural	*wōstijanþ	*wōstidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wōstijē	*wōstidī
2nd singular	*wōstijēs	*wōstidī
3rd singular	*wōstijē	*wōstidī
1st plural	*wōstijēm	*wōstidīm
2nd plural	*wōstijēþ	*wōstidīd
3rd plural	*wōstijēn	*wōstidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wōsti
Plural	*wōstiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*wōstijandī	*wōstid

Descendants

• Old English: wēstan, wœ̄stan
  • Middle English: westen
• Old Saxon: wōstian
  • Middle Low German: wôsten, wȫsten
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: vorwôsten, vorwȫsten, vörwȫsten, vorwûsten
      • Low German: verwöösten, verwüsten
      • → Saterland Frisian: ferwöistje
      • → West Frisian: ferwoastje
        • ⇒ West Frisian: ferwoastgje
• Old Dutch: *wuosten
  • Middle Dutch: woesten
    • ⇒? Dutch: verwoesten
• Old High German: wuostjan, wuastjan, wuosten, wuasten
  • Middle High German: wuosten
    • German: wüsten
• → Old French: waster, guaster, gastir, gaster
  • Middle French: gaster
    • French: gâter
  • → Middle English: wasten
    • English: waste
    • Scots: wast, waist, weist, weast (partially)