wyscan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to wish (+genitive for something)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (wish).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wunskijaną
Gloss
wish
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wun- Proto-Indo-European
- *wunskijaną Proto-Germanic
- ynskja Norwegian Nynorsk
- wȳsċan Old English
- ýskja Old Norse
- œskja Old Norse
- ønske Danish
- æskja Icelandic
- óska Icelandic
- wunsken Old High German
- ynskja Faroese
- wunschen Middle High German
- wünschen Middle High German
- wënschen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *wunskijan gmw-pro
- *wunsken Old Dutch
- *uskodak Proto-Finnic
- wunschen Middle Low German
- yskia Old Swedish
- ȳskia, yskia Old Swedish
- voščiti Slovene
- *wenskia Old Frisian