was
English
/wɒz/, /wʌz/, /wɔz/, /wəz/
verb form
Definitions
- (inflection of) be.
- (inflection of) be.
- (now) Used in phrases with existential m.
- (now) (inflection of) be.
- (colloquial) (inflection of) be
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English was inherited from Old English wæs inherited from Proto-Germanic *was 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
- is English
- iswas English
- nae English
- never English
- never-wozzer English
- wasn't English
- wasnae English
- wast English
- Vesta Latin
- bijenwas Dutch, Flemish
- handwas Dutch, Flemish
- voorwas Dutch, Flemish
- was Dutch, Flemish
- wasknijper Dutch, Flemish
- waslijn Dutch, Flemish
- wasmand Dutch, Flemish
- wasrek Dutch, Flemish
- zegelwas Dutch, Flemish
- αὐλή Ancient Greek
- ἰαύω Ancient Greek
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wóstu Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *izum, *wesaną, *izud Proto-Germanic
- *was Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- *wistiz Proto-Germanic
- *wēz- Proto-Germanic
- dynvar Swedish
- envar Swedish
- kuddvar Swedish
- var Swedish
- varenda Swedish
- varfågel Swedish
- varför Swedish
- varsam Swedish
- varsin Swedish
- varstädes Swedish
- varsågod Swedish
- wesan Old English
- wæs Old English
- वसति Sanskrit
- वस् Sanskrit
- वास Sanskrit
- was Middle English
- wast Middle English
- hvar Old Norse
- var Old Norse
- waslap Indonesian
- գոյ Old Armenian
- *woseti Proto-Celtic
- *ɸare Proto-Celtic
- *ɸarewostom Proto-Celtic
- vāsa Pali
- *Hwas- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *a)uaϑā Proto-Albanian
- *wartā Proto-Albanian
- 𒁾 Sumerian
- 𒄷𒍑 Hittite