Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wajjuz

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 pre-Germanic *wh̥₁yús, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑj.juz/

Noun

*wajjuz m^[1]

wall

Inflection

Declension of *wajjuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wajjuz	*wajjiwiz
vocative	*wajju	*wajjiwiz
accusative	*wajjų	*wajjunz
genitive	*wajjauz	*wajjiwǫ̂
dative	*wajjiwi	*wajjumaz
instrumental	*wajjū	*wajjumiz

Related terms

*waigaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *waiju
- Old English: wǣġ
Old Norse: veggr
- Icelandic: veggur
- Faroese: veggur
- Norwegian Bokmål: vegg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vegg
- Elfdalian: wegg
- Old Swedish: væg, vægger
  - Swedish: vägg, vägge (dialectal)
- Old Danish: wæg
  - Danish: væg, vægge, vegg
  - Scanian: vægg
- Gutnish: vägg
- → Scots: wig, veggel, wugrum
Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (*waddjus)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wajju-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 568

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wajju-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 568

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