Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wihslaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (“to change”) or maybe from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyg- (“to wind, bend”, literally “the act of yielding”).
Related to Latin vicis (“change”), Sanskrit विष्टी (viṣṭī, “changeable, changing”), and maybe to Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“week”) and Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną (“to yield, to fold”).
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 |