* wesan- 1 s.v. 'to be' - Go. wisan s.v. 'id.', ON vesa, vera s.v. 'id.', Far. vera s.v. 'id.', Elfd. wcirci s.v. 'id.', OE wesan s.v. 'id.', OFri. wesa s.v. 'id.', OS wesan s.v. 'id.', Du. wezen s.v. 'id.', OHG wesan s.v. 'id.' => *h2ues-e- (IE) - Hitt. buiszi - bu5anzi* 'to live; to survive' < *h2ues-ti, *h2us-enti; Skt. vasati, YAv. vavhaiti 'to dwell' < *h2ues-e-; Gr. tauw 'to sleep, rest; pass the night' < *h2i-h2ues-e-; ToB was- 'to dwell, stay'; Olr. foaid 'to spend the night, sleep with someone', MW kyuarhos < *kom-ari-wos-o- 'to wait, expect' < *h2uos-. The verb, which in IE meant 'to stay', became part of a suppletive paradigm with the presentic forms of the IE root *hies- 'to be',