Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīwô

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁-ow-, from *weyh₁- (to chase, pursue).[1] Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ἱέρᾱξ (hiérāx, hawk, eagle) and αἰετός (aietós, eagle).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*wīwô m[1]

  1. bird of prey (heron, kite, falcon)

Inflection edit

Ablauting an-stem.

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wīwô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wīwô *wīwaniz
vocative *wīwô *wīwaniz
accusative *wīwanų *wīwanunz
genitive *wīwiniz *wīwanǫ̂
dative *wīwini *wīwammaz
instrumental *wīwinē *wīwammiz

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wī̆wan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 590
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 93