wahsan

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Verb

wahsan

1. to grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of wahsan (strong class 6)

infinitive	wahsan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	wahsu, wahso	wuohs
2nd person singular	wahsis, wahsist	wuohsi
3rd person singular	wahsit	wuohs
1st person plural	wahsem, wahsemēs	wuohsum, wuohsumēs
2nd person plural	wahset	wuohsut
3rd person plural	wahsant	wuohsun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	wahse	wuohsi
2nd person singular	wahsēs, wahsēst	wuohsīs, wuohsīst
3rd person singular	wahse	wuohsi
1st person plural	wahsēm, wahsemēs	wuohsīm, wuohsīmēs
2nd person plural	wahsēt	wuohsīt
3rd person plural	wahsēn	wuohsīn
imperative	present
singular	wahs
plural	wahset
participle	present	past
	wahsanti	giwahsan

Descendants

• Middle High German: wahsen
  • Central Franconian: wahße, wahsse, waße, waaße (alternative spellings); wase (Dutch-based spelling); wohße (some dialects of Moselle Franconian), wohße, wohsse, woße

    Hunsrik: wachse

  • Cimbrian: baksan
  • German: wachsen
  • Luxembourgish: wuessen
  • Yiddish: וואַקסן (vaksn)

References

1. Wright, Joseph. An Old High German Primer, Second Edition, 1906.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Verb

wahsan

1. to grow
2. to increase

Descendants

• Middle Low German: wassen
  • Low German: wassen