Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/windaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/windaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (genitive *h₂uh₁n̥tés), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).[1] Cognate with Latin ventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwin.dɑz/

Noun

*windaz m

1. wind

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *windaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*windaz	*windōz, *windōs
vocative	*wind	*windōz, *windōs
accusative	*windą	*windanz
genitive	*windas, *windis	*windǫ̂
dative	*windai	*windamaz
instrumental	*windō	*windamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wind
  • Old English: wind
    • Middle English: wynd, wend, wende, wind, winde, wynde
      • English: wind
      • Scots: wind, win
      • Yola: weend, wyeene
  • Old Frisian: wind
    • Saterland Frisian: Wíend
    • West Frisian: wyn
  • Old Saxon: wind
    • Middle Low German: wint
      • German Low German: Wind
      • Plautdietsch: Wint
  • Old Dutch: wint
    • Middle Dutch: wint
      • Dutch: wind
        • Afrikaans: wind
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: wende
        • Negerhollands: wind, win, wen
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: went
        • → Aukan: winta
        • → Sranan Tongo: winti
      • Limburgish: windj
  • Old High German: wint
    • Middle High German: wint
      • Alemannic German:

        Italian Walser: winn, wend, wénn, wind

      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: bint

        Mòcheno: bint

        Udinese: bint

        Viennese: Wind

      • German: Wind
      • Luxembourgish: Wand
      • Vilamovian: wynt
      • Yiddish: ווינט‎ (vint)
• Old Norse: vindr
  • Icelandic: vindur
  • Faroese: vindur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vind
  • Elfdalian: wind
  • Old Swedish: vinder
    • Swedish: vind
      • → Finnish: vintti
  • Old Danish: wende
    • Danish: vind, vend
      • Norwegian Bokmål: vind
  • Gutnish: vinn, vind
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds)

References

1. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “wind”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press