Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wihslaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *weyk-slo-s, from *weyk- (“to exchange, curve”). Related to *wikǭ (“week”) and *wīkwaną (“to yield, to fold”);[1] outside of Germanic, compare Latin vicis (“change”), Sanskrit विष्टी (viṣṭī, “changeable, changing”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*wihslaz m
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *wihslaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wihslaz | *wihslōz, *wihslōs | |
vocative | *wihsl | *wihslōz, *wihslōs | |
accusative | *wihslą | *wihslanz | |
genitive | *wihslas, *wihslis | *wihslǫ̂ | |
dative | *wihslai | *wihslamaz | |
instrumental | *wihslō | *wihslamiz |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: wrixl f, wrixle n
- Old Frisian: wixle wixele
- Old Saxon: *wehsal, *wesl
- Old Dutch: *wehsel, *wihsil
- Old High German: wehsal
- Old Norse: víxl