Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wagnisô

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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *wogʷʰnis, *wogʷʰmis, probably from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Old Prussian wagnis (ploughshare), Ancient Greek ὀφνίς (ophnís) (Hesychius) and Latin vōmis, vōmer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑɣ.ni.sɔːː/

Noun

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*wagnisô m[1]

  1. plowshare, ploughshare

Inflection

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masculine an-stemDeclension of *wagnisô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wagnisô *wagnisaniz
vocative *wagnisô *wagnisaniz
accusative *wagnisanų *wagnisanunz
genitive *wagnisiniz *wagnisanǫ̂
dative *wagnisini *wagnisammaz
instrumental *wagnisinē *wagnisammiz

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN