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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiljakwemô
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wiljaną (“to want”) + *kwemaną (“to come”). Literally "desired comer" (or "desired come!").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwil.jɑ.kwe.mɔːː/
Noun
*wiljakwemô
- a wished-for guest or arrival
Inflection
Declension of *wiljakwemô (an-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | *wiljakwemô | *wiljakwemaniz |
Vocative | *wiljakwemô | *wiljakwemaniz |
Accusative | *wiljakwemanų | *wiljakwemanunz |
Genitive | *wiljakweminiz | *wiljakwemanǫ̂ |
Dative | *wiljakwemini | *wiljakwemammaz |
Instrumental | *wiljakweminē | *wiljakwemammiz |
Interjection
*wiljakwemô
- welcome!
Descendants
The first part of this compound was frequently confused with the descendants of *wela following the loss of medial -ja-.
- Proto-West Germanic: *willjakwemō
- Old English: wilcuma, wilcume
- Middle English: welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume
- Scots: walcome
- English: welcome
- → Tok Pisin: welkam
- → Pitcairn-Norfolk: welkam
- ⇒ Old English: wilcumian, wylcumian, wellcumian (verb)
- Middle English: wilcumen, wolcumen, welcomen
- English: welcome
- Scots: welcum, welcom, wellcom, willcom
- ⇒ Old English: ġewilcumian
- Middle English: wilcumen, wolcumen, welcomen
- Middle English: welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume
- Old Frisian: *wilkuma
- Saterland Frisian: wilkemen, wülkemen, wäilkúmen
- West Frisian: wolkom
- Old Saxon: *willikumo
- Middle Low German: willekome, wilkome, willekom
- ⇒ Middle Low German: willekomen, willekōmen (verb)
- ⇒ Middle Low German: willekōmen, wolkōmen (past participle, adjective)
- German Low German: willkomen
- → Old Norse: velkominn (adjective)
- Icelandic: velkomin
- Faroese: vælkomin
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: velkommen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: velkomen, velkommen
- Old Swedish: vælkomin
- Swedish: välkommen
- Danish: velkommen
- ⇒ Middle Low German: willekōmen, wolkōmen (past participle, adjective)
- ⇒ Middle Low German: willekomen, willekōmen (verb)
- Middle Low German: willekome, wilkome, willekom
- Old Dutch: *willikumo
- Middle Dutch: willecome, wellecome, welcome
- Dutch: welkom
- Afrikaans: welkom
- Limburgish: welkom, wilkóm
- → Old French: willecome, willecomme, wilecome
- Middle French: willecomme (adjective, interjection)
- ⇒ Old French: willecomer, wilecomer (verb)
- Middle French: welcumer, welcomer, welcomier (verb)
- Dutch: welkom
- Middle Dutch: willecome, wellecome, welcome
- Old High German: willikwemo, williquemo, willikomo, willechomen
- Middle High German: willekomen
- Alemannic German: wéllkòmm, wol chomne, wolgcheemen, woul chemne
- Cimbrian: bóolkhèmm
- German: willkommen
- Luxembourgish: wëllkëmm
- Middle High German: willekomen
- Vulgar Latin: *bene venītus, *bene venūtus (calqued) (see there for further descendants)
- Old English: wilcuma, wilcume