Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wulgī

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 earlier *wulgwī, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”), though with the suffix replaced with the ablauting *-ih₂.[1] The delabialization is probably triggered by following *j[2][3], though the expected interference of Siever's Law may complicate this explanation[1]. Compare Proto-West Germanic *wulbi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwul.ɣiː/

Noun

*wulgī f[4]

(North Germanic) she-wolf
Synonym: *wulbī

Inflection

ī/jō-stemDeclension of *wulgī (ī/jō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wulgī	*wulgijôz
vocative	*wulgī	*wulgijôz
accusative	*wulgijǭ	*wulgijōz
genitive	*wulgijōz	*wulgijǫ̂
dative	*wulgijōi	*wulgijōmaz
instrumental	*wulgijō	*wulgijōmiz

Related terms

*wulfaz

Descendants

Old Norse: ylgr
- Icelandic: ylgur

References

Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 111
Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xxxii: “ […] immediately before *j […] conditioned by the surrounding vocalism: delabialization is found in words where *gw was preceded by an originally round vowel.”
Meier-Brügger, Michael (2002) Indogermanisches Sprachwissenschaft, 8th edition, Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, W. 202, page 287: “die tatsächlich vorliegende Entlabiovelarisierung von *kʷ zu g ist aber nur vor konsonantischem i̯ verbürgt; […] ”
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wulgī- ~ *wulbjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 598

[Ringe-1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 111

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xxxii: “ […] immediately before *j […] conditioned by the surrounding vocalism: delabialization is found in words where *gw was preceded by an originally round vowel.”

[3] Meier-Brügger, Michael (2002) Indogermanisches Sprachwissenschaft, 8th edition, Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, W. 202, page 287: “die tatsächlich vorliegende Entlabiovelarisierung von *kʷ zu g ist aber nur vor konsonantischem i̯ verbürgt; […] ”

[4] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wulgī- ~ *wulbjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 598