Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wantuz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑn.tuz/
Noun
*wantuz m
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *wantuz | *wantiwiz |
| vocative | *wantu | *wantiwiz |
| accusative | *wantų | *wantunz |
| genitive | *wantauz | *wantiwǫ̂ |
| dative | *wantiwi | *wantumaz |
| instrumental | *wantū | *wantumiz |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wantu
- Old Frisian: *want, *wont
- Old Saxon: *wantu
- Middle Low German: *wante, *want
- Low German: Want
- ⇒ Middle Low German: wanteke f
- Middle Low German: *wante, *want
- Old Dutch: *want
- → Medieval Latin: wantus, guantus, gantus
- Old Norse: vǫttr, vǫntr
- → Proto-Finnic: *vant'us (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Samic: *fāccë (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573