Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waskan

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 *waskaną.

Verb

*waskan[1]

to wash

Inflection

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Derived terms

*gawaskan

Descendants

Old English: wascan, wæscan, wacsan, waxan
- Middle English: wasshen, wasch, wasche, waschen, waschsche, washe, washen, wasse, wasschen, wasshe, weschen; waischen, waissche, waisshen, wayschen; whasche, whaschen
  - English: wash
    - → Swazi: washa
  - Scots: wash, wesh
Old Frisian: waska
- Saterland Frisian: waaske
- West Frisian: waskje
Old Saxon: waskan
- Middle Low German: waschen
  - Low German: waschen, wasken
Old Dutch: wascan
- Middle Dutch: wasschen
  - Dutch: wassen
  - Limburgish: wasje, wesje
Old High German: wascan, waskan
- Middle High German: waschen
  - Alemannic German: wäsche
  - Cimbrian: bèssan
  - German: waschen
  - Luxembourgish: wäschen
→ Old French: waschier, guaschier, gascher
- Middle French: gascher
  - French: gâcher
- → Italian: guazzare

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*waskan”

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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 127: “*waskan”