Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wlitiz

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 Proto-Indo-European *wél-ti-s ~ *wl̥-téy-s, from *wel- (“to see”) +‎ *-tis. Cognate with Latin vultus (“feature, appearance, visage, aspect, look”), Old Armenian գեղ (geł). Compare *wulþuz (“glory”). By synchronic analysis, a nominal formation from *wlītaną (“to see, look”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwli.tiz/

Noun

*wlitiz m[1]

  1. sight, appearance
  2. countenance, face
  3. look, aspect, blee

Inflection

Declension of *wlitiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wlitiz *wlitīz
vocative *wliti *wlitīz
accusative *wlitį *wlitinz
genitive *wlitīz *wlitjǫ̂
dative *wlitī *wlitimaz
instrumental *wlitī *wlitimiz

Alternative reconstructions

  • *wlituz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wliti
    • Old English: wlite, wlitu
    • Old Frisian: wlite
    • Old Saxon: wliti
  • Old Norse: litr
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐍄𐍃 (wlits)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wlitiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469
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