Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waldą

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 *waldaną (“to rule”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑl.dɑ̃/

Noun

*waldą n

might, power, authority, force

Inflection

Declension of *waldą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waldą	*waldō
vocative	*waldą	*waldō
accusative	*waldą	*waldō
genitive	waldas, waldis	*waldǫ̂
dative	*waldai	*waldamaz
instrumental	*waldō	*waldamiz

Related terms

*waldaz (“ruling; ruler”)
*waldiz (“manageable”)
*waldją (“power”)

Derived terms

*gawaldą
- Proto-West Germanic: *gawald
*Harjawaldaz
*Waldaharjaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wald
- Old English: weald
  - Middle English: wald
    - English: wald
- Old Dutch: *wald
- Old High German: walt
Old Norse: vald
- Icelandic: vald
- Faroese: vald
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vald
- Old Swedish: vald
  - Swedish: våld
- Danish: vold
  - Norwegian Bokmål: vold
⇒ Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (waldufni)
→ Proto-Finnic: *valta (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*walđan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 443

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*walđan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 443

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