Where does “wesan” come from?

wesan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

wesan (Old Saxon): to be

Definitions

  1. to be

Ancestry of “wesan”, step by step

wesan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic wesan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwesanto be
2Proto-Germanic*wesaną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

via Proto-Germanic *beuną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*beuną—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “wesan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *wesaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wesan →