Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walþuz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Indo-European *wel-, in which case it would be cognate with Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (wellu-š, “pasture, meadow”).[1] Another possibility is from Proto-Indo-European *wolHt- (compare Old Irish folt (“hair”), Old Prussian wolti (“ear (of corn)”), Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlât (“ear (of wheat)”), and possibly Ancient Greek λᾰ́σῐος (lásios, “hairy”)), but the semantic gap is wide.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*walþuz m
Inflection
editu-stemDeclension of *walþuz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *walþuz | *walþiwiz | |
vocative | *walþu | *walþiwiz | |
accusative | *walþų | *walþunz | |
genitive | *walþauz | *walþiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *walþiwi | *walþumaz | |
instrumental | *walþū | *walþumiz |
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *walþu
- Old Norse: vǫllr
References
edit- ^ Alwin Kloekhorst (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers