Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīwô

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 Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁-ow-, from *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”).[1] Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ἱέρᾱξ (hiérāx, “hawk, eagle”) and αἰετός (aietós, “eagle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.wɔːː/

Noun

*wīwô m[1]

bird of prey (heron, kite, falcon)

Inflection

Ablauting an-stem.

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wīwô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wīwô	*wīwaniz
vocative	*wīwô	*wīwaniz
accusative	*wīwanų	*wiununz
genitive	*wiunaz	*wiunǫ̂
dative	*wiwini	*wiwummiz
instrumental	*wiunē	*wiunamiz

Descendants

Old Saxon: *wīwo
- Middle Low German: wîe, wîhe
  - Low German: Wieh
Old Dutch: *wīwo, *wiuwo, weio
- Middle Dutch: wouwe, wīwe, wīe, wūwe
  - Dutch: wouw
    - → West Frisian: wou
Old High German: wīwo, wīgo, wīo
- Middle High German: wīwe, wīe, wewe
  - German: Weihe, Weih
    - →? Pennsylvania German: Woi
    - →? Saterland Frisian: Wäie
Old Norse: *vé (possibly unrelated[2])
- ⇒ Old Norse: langvé
  - Icelandic: langvía, langvígi
  - Faroese: lomvigi
  - Norwegian: langve, lomve, lomvie
  - Swedish: lomvia
  - Danish: lomvie

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wī̆wan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 590
Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)‎, Leiden: Leiden University, page 93

[Kroonen-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wī̆wan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 590

[2] Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)‎, Leiden: Leiden University, page 93