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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wunskaz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *wunskō
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwun.skɑz/
Noun
*wunskaz m[1]
- wish
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *wunskaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *wunskaz | *wunskōz, *wunskōs | |
| vocative | *wunsk | *wunskōz, *wunskōs | |
| accusative | *wunską | *wunskanz | |
| genitive | *wunskas, *wunskis | *wunskǫ̂ | |
| dative | *wunskai | *wunskamaz | |
| instrumental | *wunskō | *wunskamiz | |
Derived terms
- *wunskijaną
Related terms
- *wanjaną
- *wunjaną
- *winnaną
- *wundrą
- *wunjō
- *winiz
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *wunsk
- Middle Low German: wunsch
- Old Dutch: *wunsk
- Middle Dutch: wonsch wensch
- Dutch: wens
- Middle Dutch: wonsch wensch
- Old High German: wunsk
- Middle High German: wunsch
- German: Wunsch
- Middle High German: wunsch
- Old Norse: ōsk f
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wunskō~*wunskaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 475