Reconstruction talk:Proto-West Germanic/waiþannjan

RFV discussion: March 2020
The only descendant that reveals the verb class is OHG, and it points to or. is a productive verb derivational suffix. Why is this reconstructed as a class 1 verb? —Rua (mew) 10:48, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * You're clearly right. I've gone ahead and just moved it. Should Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waiþanjaną just be deleted? We probably don't need a with no cognates outside PWG, as it could be a new construction. --  15:21, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I've removed the RFV as resolved. I agree that there's not enough evidence for the PG ancestor. Regarding the suffix, Oudnederlands Woordenboek says it's *-inōn. Koebler also lemmatises OHG at, but I don't know which is attested more or earlier. However, the fact that this is a productive suffix suggests it's probably correct. —Rua (mew) 16:03, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * *-anōn > *-inōn is much easier to explain than the other way around, though. -- 17:03, 18 March 2020 (UTC)