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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōl
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Presumably from Proto-Germanic *wōlaz, possible nominalization of otherwise unattested *wōliz (“disastrous, ruined”), vṛddhi gerundive of unattested *wal(j)aną (“to divistate, ruin”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit, to strike”).
Noun
*wōl m
- disaster, ruin
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wōl | |
| Genitive | *wōlas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wōl | *wōlō, *wōlōs |
| Accusative | *wōl | *wōlā |
| Genitive | *wōlas | *wōlō |
| Dative | *wōlē | *wōlum |
| Instrumental | *wōlu | *wōlum |
Derived terms
- *wōlijan
Descendants
- Old English: wōl
- Old Saxon: wōl
- Old High German: wuol
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wōla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 592