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wes-1
To live, dwell, pass the night, with derivatives meaning "to be." Oldest form *h2wes‑.- O-grade (perfect tense) form *wos‑. was, from Old English wæs, was, from Germanic *was‑.
- Lengthened-grade form *wēs‑. were, from Old English wǣre (subjunctive), wǣron (plural), were, from Germanic *wēz‑.
- wassail, from Old Norse vesa, vera, to be, from Germanic *wesan.
- Perhaps suffixed form *wes-tā‑. Vesta, from Latin Vesta, household goddess.
- Possibly suffixed variant form *was-tu‑. astute, from Latin astus, skill, craft (practiced in a town), from Greek astu, town (< "place where one dwells").
- Suffixed form *wes-eno‑. divan, from Old Persian vahanam, house.
[Pokorny 1. u̯es‑ 1170.] |
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