Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waskaną
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier *watskaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet, water”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*waskaną
- to wash
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *waskaną (strong class 7c)
The second-person singular past indicative form derives from the pre-Grimm form *wewaskt, which should have either been retained (since *sk was not shifted elsewhere) or become *wewasht after Grimm's law (through the Germanic spirant law). However, this cluster was likely simplified at some stage as neither the clusters -sh- nor -kt- occurred anywhere else in Germanic.