Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walhaz
Proto-GermanicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the name of a Celtic tribe, the Volcae. Historically the tribe's name has been linked to an animal, possibly Proto-Celtic *wolkos (“hawk”), or alternatively (but less likely[1]) Proto-Celtic *ulkʷos (“wolf”), in turn from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos, as Caesar described the Celts having fought with huge dogs.[2] For the first possibility, cf. the personal name Gaulish Catuvolcus and Welsh cadwalch (“hero, champion, warrior”, literally “battle-hawk”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
*walhaz m
InflectionEdit
masculine a-stemDeclension of *walhaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *walhaz | *walhōz, *walhōs | |
vocative | *walh | *walhōz, *walhōs | |
accusative | *walhą | *walhanz | |
genitive | *walhas, *walhis | *walhǫ̂ | |
dative | *walhai | *walhamaz | |
instrumental | *walhō | *walhamiz |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Proto-West Germanic: *walh
- Proto-Norse: *ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨᛉ (*walhaʀ) (attested in ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨᚲᚢᚱᚾᛖ (walhakurnē) on the Tjurkö 1 bracteate, dative singular of a compound meaning “foreign grain”, taken to be a kenning for “gold”)
- → Proto-Slavic: *volxъ
- ⇒ Hungarian: olasz, oláh
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Patrizia de Bernardo (2008), "Linguistically Celtic Ethnonyms: towards a classification", in: Juan Luís García Alonso (ed.), Celtic and Other Languages in Ancient Europe, Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, p. 103
- ^ Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico.