"wet" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See wet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /wet/
Etymology: According to Ringe (2017), from Proto-Indo-European *wé-dwo. Ringe, in turn, cites Cowgill (1985b: 15-16 with references). Cf. Lithuanian vèdu. Etymology templates: {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*wéy|*wé-dwo}} Proto-Indo-European *wé-dwo, {{cog|lt|vèdu}} Lithuanian vèdu Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ek [first-person, nominative, singular], unstressed *ik [first-person, nominative, singular], mek [accusative, first-person, singular], unstressed *mik [accusative, first-person, singular], miz [dative, first-person, instrumental, singular], mīnaz [first-person, possessive, singular], þū [nominative, second-person, singular], þek [accusative, second-person, singular], unstressed *þik [accusative, second-person, singular], þiz [dative, instrumental, second-person, singular], þīnaz [possessive, second-person, singular], wet [dual, first-person, nominative], unstressed *wit [dual, first-person, nominative], unk [accusative, dual, first-person], unkiz [dative, dual, first-person, instrumental], unkeraz [dual, first-person, possessive], jut [dual, nominative, second-person], jit [dual, nominative, second-person], inkw [accusative, dual, second-person], inkwiz [dative, dual, instrumental, second-person], inkweraz [dual, possessive, second-person], wīz [first-person, nominative, plural], unstressed *wiz [first-person, nominative, plural], uns [accusative, first-person, plural], unsiz [dative, first-person, instrumental, plural], unseraz [first-person, plural, possessive], jūz [nominative, plural, second-person], jīz [nominative, plural, second-person], izwiz [accusative, plural, second-person], izwiz [dative, instrumental, plural, second-person], izweraz [plural, possessive, second-person], *se- [nominative, reflexive], sek [accusative, reflexive], unstressed *sik [accusative, reflexive], siz [dative, instrumental, reflexive], sīnaz [possessive, reflexive], *wit [alternative]
  1. we two Tags: reconstruction

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "first-person",
        "nominative"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "unk",
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        "first-person",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "unkeraz",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "possessive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jut",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "inkw",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "inkwiz",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "instrumental",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkweraz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unstressed *wiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unsiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unseraz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jūz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jīz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "izwiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "izwiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "instrumental",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "izweraz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*se-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unstressed *sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "instrumental",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīnaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*wit",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wet",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "we two"
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      "id": "en-wet-gem-pro-pron-1yUVNUJB",
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        [
          "we",
          "we"
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        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wet/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wet"
}
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          "lang_code": "is",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "mek",
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "unstressed *mik",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "mīnaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "possessive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "þū",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unstressed *þik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "instrumental",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þīnaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unstressed *wit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unkiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unkeraz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkwiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "instrumental",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkweraz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unstressed *wiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unsiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "first-person",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unseraz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jūz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jīz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "izwiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "izwiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "instrumental",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "izweraz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*se-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unstressed *sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "instrumental",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīnaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*wit",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wet",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic personal pronouns",
        "Proto-Germanic pronouns",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "we two"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wet/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wet"
}

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