Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wahstuz

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 *wahsijaną +‎ *-þuz.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑxs.tuz/

Noun

*wahstuz m^[1]

size, growth
stature, build

Inflection

Declension of *wahstuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wahstuz	*wahstiwiz
vocative	*wahstu	*wahstiwiz
accusative	*wahstų	*wahstunz
genitive	*wahstauz	*wahstiwǫ̂
dative	*wahstiwi	*wahstumaz
instrumental	*wahstū	*wahstumiz

Related terms

*wahstmaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wahstu
- Old English: *wæhst, *wæxt, *wæst, *weahst, *wǣst
  - >? Middle English: wacste (“growth, increase, might, power”) (alternatively from Old Norse vǫxtr (“growth, increase, size, stature”))
  - Middle English: wast, waast, waist, waste, wacst (Early Middle English)
    - English: waist, waste, wast (obsolete)
      - → Japanese: ウエスト (uesuto)
    - Scots: waist
    - ⇒ Yola: wauscoat, wazcoote
- Old Frisian: wehst
- Old High German: wahst
  - Middle High German: wahst
Old Norse: vǫxtr
- Icelandic: vöxtur
- Faroese: vøkstur
- Old Swedish: vaxter, væxter
  - Swedish: växt
- Danish: vækst
- Norwegian: vekst
- Scanian: vǫğst
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (wahstus)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wahstu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wahstu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566

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