Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wōkraz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wōkraz

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add; increase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔː.krɑz/

Noun

*wōkraz m

1. gain; increase; yield
2. offspring
3. interest; usury

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *wōkraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wōkraz	*wōkrōz, *wōkrōs
vocative	*wōkr	*wōkrōz, *wōkrōs
accusative	*wōkrą	*wōkranz
genitive	*wōkras, *wōkris	*wōkrǫ̂
dative	*wōkrai	*wōkramaz
instrumental	*wōkrō	*wōkramiz

Related terms

• *wahsijaną

Descendants

• Old English: wōcor f
• Old Frisian: wōker m or n
  • West Frisian: woeker
• Old Saxon: *wōkar
  • Middle Low German: wôker, wûker
• Old Dutch: *wōkar
  • Middle Dutch: woeker
    • Dutch: woeker
      • Afrikaans: woeker
• Old High German: wuohhar, wuochar m or n
  • Middle High German: wuocher
    • German: Wucher
      • German Low German: Wucher
      • Saterland Frisian: Wucher
• Old Norse: ókr, okr n (also possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
  • Icelandic: ókur, okur
  • Old Swedish: oker, uker
    • Swedish: ocker
  • Danish: åger
    • Norwegian: åger
  • Middle English: oker
    • Scots: ocker
    • English: oker, ocker
• Gothic: 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 m (wōkrs)
• → Finnish: vuokra