זײַן
Yiddish
[ˈzaɪn]
verb
Definitions
- to be
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German sīn (be, his) derived from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (be, remain, graze, consume, feast).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wesaną
Gloss
be, remain, graze, consume, feast
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
- Bewusstsein German
- Eingeschlossensein-Syndrom German
- Gefangensein-Syndrom German
- Nichtsein German
- Unwohlsein German
- Wesen German
- sein German
- seinige German
- wezen Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *esi/*izi Proto-Germanic
- *isti Proto-Germanic
- *sīnaz Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- bēon Old English
- wesan Old English
- ætwesan Old English
- vera Old Norse
- vesa Old Norse
- vesa, vera Old Norse
- vist Old Norse
- sīn Old High German
- wesan Old High German
- wërdan Old High German
- sein Middle High German
- sinn Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *sīn gmw-pro
- *wesan gmw-pro
- wesan Old Dutch
- wesan Old Saxon
- sii Alemannic German
- sinh Alemannic German
- ŝchi Alemannic German
- wesa Old Frisian
- senn Central Franconian