wesan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to be, exist
Etymology
Inherited from *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), *h₁es- (be, exist).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁es-
Gloss
be, exist
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vesta English
- Vestal English
- Vestan English
- Vestian English
- essive English
- suttee English
- vestoid English
- Vesta Latin
- absens Latin
- essentia Latin
- interesse Latin
- posse, possum Latin
- possibilis Latin
- possum Latin
- potens, potentis Latin
- potentia Latin
- potentialis Latin
- quinta essentia Latin
- Wesen German
- esserino Italian
- riessere Italian
- wezen Dutch, Flemish
- Εὐνίκη Ancient Greek
- Εὔβοια Ancient Greek
- αὐλή Ancient Greek
- εὐ- Ancient Greek
- εὐαγγέλιον Ancient Greek
- εὐαγγελίζω Ancient Greek
- εὐδαιμονία Ancient Greek
- εὐδοκέω Ancient Greek
- εὐλογέω Ancient Greek
- εὐσεβής Ancient Greek
- εὐτυχία Ancient Greek
- εὐτύχημα Ancient Greek
- εὐώδης Ancient Greek
- εὔσκιος Ancient Greek
- εὔφρων Ancient Greek
- εὔψυχος Ancient Greek
- οὐσία Ancient Greek
- πάρειμι Ancient Greek
- ἐσθλός Ancient Greek
- ἰαύω Ancient Greek
- ὤν Ancient Greek
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European
- *es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁) Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁s-n̥t-yós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁s-ónt-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sn̥t-yó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁su- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sónts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ónt-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁wésus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wóstu Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *esi/*izi Proto-Germanic
- *isti Proto-Germanic
- *izum, *wesaną, *izud Proto-Germanic
- *sanþaz Proto-Germanic
- *sanþōniz Proto-Germanic
- *sanþōną Proto-Germanic
- *sundijō Proto-Germanic
- *sundī Proto-Germanic
- *was Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- *wistiz Proto-Germanic
- *wēz- Proto-Germanic
- bēon Old English
- genesan Old English
- ne Old English
- nesan Old English
- ætwesan Old English
- अस्ति Sanskrit
- अस्मिता Sanskrit
- वसति Sanskrit
- वस् Sanskrit
- वास Sanskrit
- Vesta Middle English
- er Old Norse
- hvars Old Norse
- sannleikr Old Norse
- vera Old Norse
- vesa Old Norse
- vesa, vera Old Norse
- vist Old Norse
- wesen Middle Dutch
- sīn Old High German
- wesan Old High German
- գոյ Old Armenian
- 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wesan gmw-pro
- sīn Old Dutch
- wesan Old Dutch
- *esti Proto-Celtic
- *woseti Proto-Celtic
- *ɸare Proto-Celtic
- *ɸarewostom Proto-Celtic
- wesen Middle Low German
- wēsen Middle Low German
- vāsa Pali
- *Has- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hwas- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sīn Old Saxon
- wesan Old Saxon
- wesa Old Frisian
- wesen German Low German
- *a)uaϑā Proto-Albanian
- *wartā Proto-Albanian
- *bū́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𒁾 Sumerian
- 𒄷𒍑 Hittite