Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōpijan

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 Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną.

Verb

*wōpijan[1]

to weep

Inflection

*wōpiþi, *wewōp, *weupun, *wōpan

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: wēpan
- Middle English: wepen
  - Scots: wep, wepe, weip
  - English: weep
Old Frisian: wēpa
- Saterland Frisian: wapia
Old Saxon: wōpian
- Middle Low German: wōpen
Old Dutch: wuopan
Old High German: wuofan, wuoffan, wuofen
- Middle High German: wuofen, wüefen

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 226: “PWGmc *wōpijan”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 226: “PWGmc *wōpijan”