Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wulgī

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 earlier *wulgwī, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”), though with the suffix replaced with the ablauting *-ih₂.[1] The delabialization is probably triggered by following *j[2],[3] though the expected interference of Siever's Law may complicate this explanation.[1] Compare Proto-West Germanic *wulbi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwul.ɣiː/

Noun

*wulgī f[4]

  1. (North Germanic) she-wolf
    Synonym: *wulbī

Inflection

Declension of *wulgī (ī/jō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wulgī *wulgijôz
vocative *wulgī *wulgijôz
accusative *wulgijǭ *wulgijōz
genitive *wulgijōz *wulgijǫ̂
dative *wulgijōi *wulgijōmaz
instrumental *wulgijō *wulgijōmiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: ylgr
    • Icelandic: ylgur

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 111
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xxxii: “[…] immediately before *j […] conditioned by the surrounding vocalism: delabialization is found in words where *gw was preceded by an originally round vowel.”
  3. ^ Meier-Brügger, Michael (2002) Indogermanisches Sprachwissenschaft, 8th edition, Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, W. 202, page 287: “die tatsächlich vorliegende Entlabiovelarisierung von *kʷ zu g ist aber nur vor konsonantischem i̯ verbürgt; […]”
  4. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wulgī- ~ *wulbjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 598
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