Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wundr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wundrą.

Noun

*wundr n^[1]

marvel, wonder

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wundr
Genitive	*wundras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wundr	*wundru
Accusative	*wundr	*wundru
Genitive	*wundras	*wundrō
Dative	*wundrē	*wundrum
Instrumental	*wundru	*wundrum

Derived terms

*wundrōn

Descendants

Old English: wundor
- Middle English: wunder, wonder
  - English: wonder
  - Scots: winder
    - Scots: wunner
Old Frisian: wunder, wonder
- Saterland Frisian: Wunder, Wunner
- West Frisian: wonder, wûnder
Old Saxon: wundar
- Middle Low German: wunder
  - German Low German: Wunner
  - Low German: wunder, wunner
Old Dutch: wundar
- Middle Dutch: wunder, wonder
  - Dutch: wonder
    - Afrikaans: wonder
    - Jersey Dutch: wonder
    - Negerhollands: wonder
    - → Sranan Tongo: wondru
      - → Caribbean Javanese: wonder
Old High German: wuntar, *wundar
- Middle High German: wunder
  - German: Wunder
  - Luxembourgish: Wonner
  - Vilamovian: wunder

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *wundr”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *wundr”

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