Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wakwaz

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 *wogʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-. Cognate to Latin uvidus (“wet”), Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós, “wet”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.kʷɑz/

Adjective

*wakwaz

  1. wet, moist

Declension

Declension of *wakwaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *wakwaz *wakwō *wakwą, *-at(ō) *wakwai *wakwôz *wakwō
accusative *wakwanǭ *wakwǭ *wakwą, *-at(ō) *wakwanz *wakwōz *wakwō
genitive *wakwas, *wakwis *wakwaizōz *wakwas, *wakwis *wakwaizǫ̂ *wakwaizǫ̂ *wakwaizǫ̂
dative *wakwammai *wakwaizōi *wakwammai *wakwaimaz *wakwaimaz *wakwaimaz
instrumental *wakwanō *wakwaizō *wakwanō *wakwaimiz *wakwaimiz *wakwaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *wakwô *wakwǭ *wakwô *wakwaniz *wakwōniz *wakwōnō
accusative *wakwanų *wakwōnų *wakwô *wakwanunz *wakwōnunz *wakwōnō
genitive *wakwiniz *wakwōniz *wakwiniz *wakwanǫ̂ *wakwōnǫ̂ *wakwanǫ̂
dative *wakwini *wakwōni *wakwini *wakwammaz *wakwōmaz *wakwammaz
instrumental *wakwinē *wakwōnē *wakwinē *wakwammiz *wakwōmiz *wakwammiz

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: wac
  • Old Norse: vǫkr
    • Icelandic: vökur
    • → Middle English: *woc, *wok, weke

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wakwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569
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