Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wisundz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*wisandz
*wisundaz

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly an old present participle *wéysonts/*wisn̥tós from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to stink”). Or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wisAn- (“aurochs, aurochs horn”). Compare Lithuanian stumbras (“aurochs, bison”), Sanskrit विषाण (viṣāṇa, “horn, tusk, tip, point”), or from a root meaning "to stink".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwi.sundz/

Noun

*wisundz m

wisent, bison

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *wisundz (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wisundz	*wisundiz
vocative	*wisund	*wisundiz
accusative	*wisundų	*wisundunz
genitive	*wisundiz	*wisundǫ̂
dative	*wisundi	*wisundumaz
instrumental	*wisundē	*wisundumiz

Descendants

Old English: wesend, wesand, weosend
- Middle English: wesend
Old Saxon: *wisund, *wisand
- Middle Low German: wēsent, wisent
- Old Norse: vísundr
  - Faroese: visundur
  - Icelandic: vísundur
Old Dutch: *wisund, *wisand, wisent (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: wēsent, wesende
Old High German: wisunt, wisant
- Middle High German: wisent, wisente, wisant
  - German: Wisent, Wisund (partly borrowed from MHG, rather than inherited)
    - → Dutch: wisent
    - → English: wisent
Latin: bisōn, bisōnt-
- Old French: bison
  - French: bison
    - English: bison
    - Dutch: bizon
- German: Bison, Bisont
Gothic or Suebic:
- → Galician: Guisande