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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wajjuz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From pre-Germanic *wh̥₁yús, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑj.juz/
Noun
*wajjuz m
- wall
Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *wajjuz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wajjuz | *wajjiwiz | |
vocative | *wajju | *wajjiwiz | |
accusative | *wajjų | *wajjunz | |
genitive | *wajjauz | *wajjiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *wajjiwi | *wajjumaz | |
instrumental | *wajjū | *wajjumiz |
Related terms
- *waigaz
Descendants
- Old English: wǣġ
- Old Norse: veggr, veggruni
- Faroese: veggur
- Icelandic: veggur
- Norwegian: veggjerune (dialectal)
- Norwegian Bokmål: vegg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vegg
- Old Danish: wæg
- Danish: væg, vægge, vegg
- Old Swedish: væg, vægger
- Swedish: vägg, vägge (dialectal)
- Elfdalian: wegg
- Gutnish: vägg
- Scanian: vægg
- Westrobothnian: wägg, väigg, vaigg, vegg
- → Scots: wig, veggel, wugrum
- Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (*waddjus)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN