Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wundō

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

Etymology

From *wundaz (“wounded”), from Proto-Indo-European *wnto- (“wounded”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strike, injure, hurt”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwun.dɔː/

Noun

*wundō f

wound

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wundō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wundō	*wundôz
vocative	*wundō	*wundôz
accusative	*wundǭ	*wundōz
genitive	*wundōz	*wundǫ̂
dative	*wundōi	*wundōmaz
instrumental	*wundō	*wundōmiz

Derived terms

*wundōną

Related terms

*wanjō
*wundaz

Descendants

Old English: wund
- Middle English: wund, wonde, wound
  - Scots: wond, wound
  - English: wound
Old Frisian: wunde, unde
- Saterland Frisian: Wuunde
- West Frisian: wûne
Old Saxon: wunda
- Middle Low German: wunde
  - Low German: Wunn
Old Dutch: wunda
- Middle Dutch: wunde, wonde
  - Dutch: wond, wonde
Old High German: wunta
- Middle High German: wunde
  - German: Wunde
    - Esperanto: vundo
  - Luxembourgish: Wonn
Old Norse: und
- Icelandic: und
- Old Swedish: und
- Danish: vunde (under Low German influence)
Gothic: *𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*wunda) (attested in compound 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (wundufni))