Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witalausaz

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 *witą (“knowledge, sense, wit”) +‎ *-lausaz (“-less”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwi.tɑˌlɑu̯.sɑz/

Adjective

*witalausaz[1]

  1. witless

Inflection

Declension of *witalausaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *witalausaz *witalausō *witalausą, *-at(ō) *witalausai *witalausôz *witalausō
accusative *witalausanǭ *witalausǭ *witalausą, *-at(ō) *witalausanz *witalausōz *witalausō
genitive *witalausas, *witalausis *witalausaizōz *witalausas, *witalausis *witalausaizǫ̂ *witalausaizǫ̂ *witalausaizǫ̂
dative *witalausammai *witalausaizōi *witalausammai *witalausaimaz *witalausaimaz *witalausaimaz
instrumental *witalausanō *witalausaizō *witalausanō *witalausaimiz *witalausaimiz *witalausaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *witalausô *witalausǭ *witalausô *witalausaniz *witalausōniz *witalausōnō
accusative *witalausanų *witalausōnų *witalausô *witalausanunz *witalausōnunz *witalausōnō
genitive *witalausiniz *witalausōniz *witalausiniz *witalausanǫ̂ *witalausōnǫ̂ *witalausanǫ̂
dative *witalausini *witalausōni *witalausini *witalausammaz *witalausōmaz *witalausammaz
instrumental *witalausinē *witalausōnē *witalausinē *witalausammiz *witalausōmiz *witalausammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *witalaus
    • Old English: witlēas
      • Middle English: witles
    • Old High German: wizzilos
      • Middle High German: witzelōs
    • Old Saxon: *witlōs
      • Middle Low German: witlôs
  • Old Norse: vitlauss
    • Icelandic: vitlaus
    • Faroese: vitleysur
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vettløs, vettlaus
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vettlaus, vitlaus
    • Old Swedish: vitløs
    • Old Danish: witløs
      • Danish: vidløs

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*witalausaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 463
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