Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīsadōmaz

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 *wīsaz +‎ *-dōmaz.

Noun

*wīsadōmaz m

wise judgement, wisdom

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *wīsadōmaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wīsadōmaz	wīsadōmōz, wīsadōmōs
vocative	*wīsadōm	wīsadōmōz, wīsadōmōs
accusative	*wīsadōmą	*wīsadōmanz
genitive	wīsadōmas, wīsadōmis	*wīsadōmǫ̂
dative	*wīsadōmai	*wīsadōmamaz
instrumental	*wīsadōmō	*wīsadōmamiz

Descendants

Old English: wīsdōm
- Middle English: wisdom
  - Scots: wisdom, wysdome
  - English: wisdom
Old Frisian: wīsdōm
- West Frisian: wiisdom
Old Saxon: wīsdōm
- Middle Low German: wiisdoem
Old Dutch: *wīsduom
- Middle Dutch: wijsdom
  - Dutch: wijsdom
Old High German: wīstuom
- Middle High German: wīstuom
  - German: Weistum
Old Norse: vísdómr
- Icelandic: vísdómur
- Norwegian: visdom
- Old Swedish: vīsdōmber
  - Swedish: visdom
- Danish: visdom