Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēdiz
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Presumedly the vṛddhi gerundive of *wedaną (“to join, bind, tie”) via an unattested adjective *wēdiz (“bound, joint, tied, sewn together”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*wēdiz f[1]
Inflection edit
i-stemDeclension of *wēdiz (i-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wēdiz | *wēdīz | |
vocative | *wēdi | *wēdīz | |
accusative | *wēdį | *wēdinz | |
genitive | *wēdīz | *wēdijǫ̂ | |
dative | *wēdī | *wēdimaz | |
instrumental | *wēdī | *wēdimiz |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: wǣd
- Old Frisian: wēd, wēde
- Old Saxon: wād
- Old Dutch: *wāt
- Old High German: wāt
- Old Norse: váð
- →? Proto-Finnic: *vaat'ëk (< NW *wādiz)
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wēðiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 460