Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to wound; death (in battle); slain (in battle)”). Cognate with Lithuanian vėlė (“ghost”), Czech válka (“war”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*walaz m
- corpse, dead body
- battlefield
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *walaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *walaz | *walōz, *walōs | |
vocative | *wal | *walōz, *walōs | |
accusative | *walą | *walanz | |
genitive | *walas, *walis | *walǫ̂ | |
dative | *walai | *walamaz | |
instrumental | *walō | *walamiz |
Derived terms
edit- *in walą fallaną (“to fall in battle”)
- *walakuzjǭ (“slain-chooser; Valkyrie”)
- *walaraubō (“corpse-plunder”)
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom pre-Germanic *wolhH-os, "turned or turning", from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit*walaz
Inflection
editDeclension of *walaz (a-stem)
strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *walaz | *walai | *walō | *walôz | *walą, *-at(ō) | *walō |
accusative | *walanǭ | *walanz | *walǭ | *walōz | *walą, *-at(ō) | *walō |
genitive | *walas, *walis | *walaizǫ̂ | *walaizōz | *walaizǫ̂ | *walas, *walis | *walaizǫ̂ |
dative | *walammai | *walaimaz | *walaizōi | *walaimaz | *walammai | *walaimaz |
instrumental | *walanō | *walaimiz | *walaizō | *walaimiz | *walanō | *walaimiz |
weak declension | ||||||
masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *walô | *walaniz | *walǭ | *walōniz | *walô | *walōnō |
accusative | *walanų | *walanunz | *walōnų | *walōnunz | *walô | *walōnō |
genitive | *waliniz | *walanǫ̂ | *walōniz | *walōnǫ̂ | *waliniz | *walanǫ̂ |
dative | *walini | *walammaz | *walōni | *walōmaz | *walini | *walammaz |
instrumental | *walinē | *walammiz | *walōnē | *walōmiz | *walinē | *walammiz |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old Norse: valr
References
edit- Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Categories:
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *welh₃-
- Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Proto-Germanic lemmas
- Proto-Germanic nouns
- Proto-Germanic masculine nouns
- Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns
- Proto-Germanic adjectives
- Proto-Germanic a-stem adjectives