waen
Dutch Low Saxon
/ʋɛːn/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to be
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German wēsen inherited from Old Saxon wesan inherited from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (be, remain, graze, consume, feast) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (reside, dwell, pass the night, live, spend the night, stay, abide, pass stay the night).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wes-
Gloss
reside, dwell, pass the night, live, spend the night, stay, abide, pass stay the night
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vesta Latin
- Wesen German
- wezen Dutch, Flemish
- αὐλή Ancient Greek
- ἰαύω Ancient Greek
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wóstu Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *esi/*izi Proto-Germanic
- *isti Proto-Germanic
- *izum, *wesaną, *izud Proto-Germanic
- *was Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- *wistiz Proto-Germanic
- *wēz- Proto-Germanic
- bēon Old English
- wesan Old English
- ætwesan Old English
- वसति Sanskrit
- वस् Sanskrit
- वास Sanskrit
- vera Old Norse
- vesa Old Norse
- vesa, vera Old Norse
- vist Old Norse
- sīn Old High German
- wesan Old High German
- գոյ Old Armenian
- 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wesan gmw-pro
- wesan Old Dutch
- *woseti Proto-Celtic
- *ɸare Proto-Celtic
- *ɸarewostom Proto-Celtic
- wesen Middle Low German
- wēsen Middle Low German
- vāsa Pali
- *Hwas- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- wesan Old Saxon
- wesa Old Frisian
- wesen German Low German
- *a)uaϑā Proto-Albanian
- *wartā Proto-Albanian
- 𒁾 Sumerian
- 𒄷𒍑 Hittite