Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.
From Middle English wansen (“to decrease, diminish”), from Old English wansian (“to diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wansōn, a variant of *wanisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wanisōną (“to lessen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty”). Cognate with Old Norse vansa (“to do too little, suffer loss”), Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”). More at wane.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionwansenenm · to decrease, diminish
- Inherited-form mentionwansianang · to diminish
- Inherited-form mention*wanisōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wanisōnągem-pro · to lessen
- Derivation mention*h₁weh₂-ine-pro · empty
- Cognate mentionvansanon · to do too little, suffer loss
- Cognate mentionvansinon · lack, want
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "wansen",
"t": "to decrease, diminish"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wansen (“to decrease, diminish”)"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wansian",
"t": "to diminish"
},
"expansion": "Old English wansian (“to diminish”)"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wanisōn",
"4": "*wansōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wansōn"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wanisōną",
"t": "to lessen"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wanisōną (“to lessen”)"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₁weh₂-",
"t": "empty"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "vansa",
"t": "to do too little, suffer loss"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse vansa (“to do too little, suffer loss”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "vansi",
"t": "lack, want"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”)"
}
],
"links": [
[
"wansen",
"wansen#Middle_English"
],
[
"wansian",
"wansian#Old_English"
],
[
"*wansōn",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wanisōn"
],
[
"*wanisōn",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wanisōn"
],
[
"*wanisōną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wanisōną"
],
[
"*h₁weh₂-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁weh₂-"
],
[
"vansa",
"vansa#Old_Norse"
],
[
"vansi",
"vansi#Old_Norse"
],
[
"wane",
"wane#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "verb",
"glosses": [
"To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither."
],
"tags": [
"Scotland",
"UK",
"dialectal",
"intransitive"
],
"recordId": "2b91189ab542f66909c6936fd8b40fcc4fe341aba4d05f25f315b7e9475320c1",
"rawRecordSha256": "2b8a2b08f088267a775a7a25dfd145f94fe8a6cc1d87e7e41fe0fc7cc7c76def",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 3210071
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}