Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wilþijaz
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wel-, *welw- (“hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest”). Alternatively from *gʷʰel-t-, whence also Proto-Celtic *gʷeltis (“wild”) (Welsh gwyllt (“wild”), Irish gealt (“lunatic”)).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*wilþijaz
Inflection edit
Declension of *wilþijaz (ja-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wilþijaz | *wilþijai | *wilþijō | *wilþijôz | *wilþiją, -atō | *wilþijō |
| Accusative | *wilþijanǭ | *wilþijanz | *wilþijǭ | *wilþijōz | *wilþiją, -atō | *wilþijō |
| Genitive | *wilþijas, -īs | *wilþijaizǫ̂ | *wilþijaizōz | *wilþijaizǫ̂ | *wilþijas, -īs | *wilþijaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wilþijammai | *wilþijaimaz | *wilþijaizōi | *wilþijaimaz | *wilþijammai | *wilþijaimaz |
| Instrumental | *wilþijanō | *wilþijaimiz | *wilþijaizō | *wilþijaimiz | *wilþijanō | *wilþijaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wilþijô | *wilþijaniz | *wilþijǭ | *wilþijōniz | *wilþijô | *wilþijōnō |
| Accusative | *wilþijanų | *wilþijanunz | *wilþijōnų | *wilþijōnunz | *wilþijô | *wilþijōnō |
| Genitive | *wilþīniz | *wilþijanǫ̂ | *wilþijōniz | *wilþijōnǫ̂ | *wilþīniz | *wilþijanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wilþīni | *wilþijammaz | *wilþijōni | *wilþijōmaz | *wilþīni | *wilþijammaz |
| Instrumental | *wilþīnē | *wilþijammiz | *wilþijōnē | *wilþijōmiz | *wilþīnē | *wilþijammiz |