Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walaz

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to wound; death (in battle); slain (in battle)”). Cognate with Lithuanian vėlė (“ghost”), Czech válka (“war”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.lɑz/

Noun

*walaz m

corpse, dead body
battlefield

Inflection

Declension of *walaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*walaz	walōz, walōs
vocative	*wal	walōz, walōs
accusative	*walą	*walanz
genitive	walas, walis	*walǫ̂
dative	*walai	*walamaz
instrumental	*walō	*walamiz

Derived terms

*in walą fallaną (“to fall in battle”)
*walakuzjǭ (“slain-chooser; Valkyrie”)
*walaraubō (“corpse-plunder”)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wal
- Old English: wæl n
  - Middle English: wæl, wal, wel
- ⇒ Old Saxon: waldād
- Old High German: wal m or n
  - Middle High German: wal m or n
    - German: Wal (primarily in compounds)
Old Norse: valr; valkyrja; Valhǫll
- Icelandic: valur; Valhöll
  - → English: Valkyrie; Valhalla, Walhalla
- Norwegian: val (in compounds)
- Swedish: val (archaic)
- Danish: val (primarily in compounds)

Etymology 2

From pre-Germanic *wolhH-os, "turned or turning", from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.lɑz/

Adjective

*walaz

round; oval

Inflection

Declension of *walaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*walaz	*walō	walą, -at(ō)	*walai	*walôz	*walō
accusative	*walanǭ	*walǭ	walą, -at(ō)	*walanz	*walōz	*walō
genitive	walas, walis	*walaizōz	walas, walis	*walaizǫ̂	*walaizǫ̂	*walaizǫ̂
dative	*walammai	*walaizōi	*walammai	*walaimaz	*walaimaz	*walaimaz
instrumental	*walanō	*walaizō	*walanō	*walaimiz	*walaimiz	*walaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*walô	*walǭ	*walô	*walaniz	*walōniz	*walōnō
accusative	*walanų	*walōnų	*walô	*walanunz	*walōnunz	*walōnō
genitive	*waliniz	*walōniz	*waliniz	*walanǫ̂	*walōnǫ̂	*walanǫ̂
dative	*walini	*walōni	*walini	*walammaz	*walōmaz	*walammaz
instrumental	*walinē	*walōnē	*walinē	*walammiz	*walōmiz	*walammiz

Related terms

*waluz

Descendants

Old Norse: valr

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN