Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wantuz

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 *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑn.tuz/

Noun

*wantuz m

1. glove, mitten

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *wantuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wantuz	*wantiwiz
vocative	*wantu	*wantiwiz
accusative	*wantų	*wantunz
genitive	*wantauz	*wantiwǫ̂
dative	*wantiwi	*wantumaz
instrumental	*wantū	*wantumiz

Synonyms

• *galōfô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wantu
  • Old Frisian: *want, *wont
    • Saterland Frisian: Wonte
    • West Frisian: want
  • Old Saxon: *wantu
    • Middle Low German: wante
      • Low German: Want
  • Old Dutch: *want
    • Middle Dutch: want
      • Dutch: want
  • Old High German: wantus
  • → Medieval Latin: wantus, gantus, guantus (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: vǫttr, vǫntr
  • Icelandic: vöttur
  • Faroese: vøttur
  • Norwegian: vott; (dialectal) vott’e, vøtt
    • → Danish: vott (used by Norwegian authors)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: vott
  • Jamtish: vott
  • Elfdalian: ųott
  • Old Swedish: wante, vanter, vatter
    • Swedish: vante
  • Danish: vante
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vante
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante
• → Proto-Finnic: *vant'us (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Samic:
  • Northern Sami: fáhcca
  • Southern Sami: vaanhtse