Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wanduz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑn.duz/

Etymology 1

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”), with Orel comparing Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “hair root”), Middle Irish find (“hair”).[1]

Noun

*wanduz f

  1. mole (animal)
  2. vole
Inflection
Declension of *wanduz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wanduz *wandiwiz
vocative *wandu *wandiwiz
accusative *wandų *wandunz
genitive *wandauz *wandiwǫ̂
dative *wandiwi *wandumaz
instrumental *wandū *wandumiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *wandu
    • Old English: wand, wond
    • Old Saxon: *wand, *wanda
      • Middle Low German: *want, *wande
        • → Norwegian: vånd, vond, moldvond (alternatively from Old English)
        • → Swedish: vand, vann, vanne (dialectal) (alternatively from Old English)
          • ⇒ Swedish: mullvann (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Old Saxon: wandawerpa, wandwerpa
        • Middle Low German: windeworp, winneworp
          • German Low German: Windworp, Winneworp; Windwurm
          • Low German: wond, wonne (dialectal)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, weave, braid”). (same as in sense #1).[2]

Noun

*wanduz m

  1. rod, switch, stick
  2. barrier made of sticks, fence
Inflection
Declension of *wanduz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wanduz *wandiwiz
vocative *wandu *wandiwiz
accusative *wandų *wandunz
genitive *wandauz *wandiwǫ̂
dative *wandiwi *wandumaz
instrumental *wandū *wandumiz
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wanđuz ~ *wanđō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wandu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573
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