"was" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See was in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /wɑs/
Head templates: {{head|gem-pro|verb form}} *was
  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of *wesaną Tags: active, first-person, form-of, indicative, past, reconstruction, singular, third-person Form of: wesaną
    Sense id: en-was-gem-pro-verb-BVwtVio9 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "wæs"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: wæs, wes — Mercian, was, wæss, uæs, waes, ᚹᚫᛋ (wæs) — Ruthwell Cross\nMiddle English: was\nEnglish: was\nScots: was, wis\nYola: waas, was, waz, 'as, as (after Ich)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "wus",
            "3": "waos"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: wus, waos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: wus, waos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "waas"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: waas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: waas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-nl",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch Low Saxon: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch Low Saxon: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pdt",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Plautdietsch: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Plautdietsch: was"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: was"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "li",
            "2": "waas"
          },
          "expansion": "Limburgish: waas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Limburgish: waas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-pro",
            "2": "ᚹᚨᛊ"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Norse: ᚹᚨᛊ (was)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Norse: ᚹᚨᛊ (was)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "vas"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: vas",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "early"
          },
          "expansion": "(early)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "-s replaced with -r by analogy to other inflections"
          },
          "expansion": "(-s replaced with -r by analogy to other inflections)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: vas (early), var (-s replaced with -r by analogy to other inflections) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍅𐌰𐍃"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍃 (was)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍃 (was)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "*was",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/was",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "wesaną"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first/third-person singular past active indicative of *wesaną"
      ],
      "id": "en-was-gem-pro-verb-BVwtVio9",
      "links": [
        [
          "*wesaną",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wesaną"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "reconstruction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "was"
}
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: wæs, wes — Mercian, was, wæss, uæs, waes, ᚹᚫᛋ (wæs) — Ruthwell Cross\nMiddle English: was\nEnglish: was\nScots: was, wis\nYola: waas, was, waz, 'as, as (after Ich)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "wus",
            "3": "waos"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: wus, waos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "waas"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: waas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: waas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-nl",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch Low Saxon: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch Low Saxon: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pdt",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Plautdietsch: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Plautdietsch: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: was"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "li",
            "2": "waas"
          },
          "expansion": "Limburgish: waas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Limburgish: waas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-pro",
            "2": "ᚹᚨᛊ"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Norse: ᚹᚨᛊ (was)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Norse: ᚹᚨᛊ (was)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "vas"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: vas",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "early"
          },
          "expansion": "(early)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "-s replaced with -r by analogy to other inflections"
          },
          "expansion": "(-s replaced with -r by analogy to other inflections)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: vas (early), var (-s replaced with -r by analogy to other inflections) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍅𐌰𐍃"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍃 (was)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍃 (was)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "*was",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/was",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic non-lemma forms",
        "Proto-Germanic verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "wesaną"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first/third-person singular past active indicative of *wesaną"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "*wesaną",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wesaną"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "reconstruction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "was"
}

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