Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wulgī
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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
From earlier *wulgwī, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”), though with the suffix replaced with the ablauting *-ih₂.[1] The delabialization is probably triggered by following *j[2],[3] though the expected interference of Siever's Law may complicate this explanation.[1] Compare Proto-West Germanic *wulbi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*wulgī f[4]
- (North Germanic) she-wolf
- Synonym: *wulbī
Inflection edit
| ī/jō-stemDeclension of *wulgī (ī/jō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *wulgī | *wulgijôz | |
| vocative | *wulgī | *wulgijôz | |
| accusative | *wulgijǭ | *wulgijōz | |
| genitive | *wulgijōz | *wulgijǫ̂ | |
| dative | *wulgijōi | *wulgijōmaz | |
| instrumental | *wulgijō | *wulgijōmiz | |
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Descendants edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 111
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xxxii: “[…] immediately before *j […] conditioned by the surrounding vocalism: delabialization is found in words where *gw was preceded by an originally round vowel.”
- ^ Meier-Brügger, Michael (2002) Indogermanisches Sprachwissenschaft, 8th edition, Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, W. 202, page 287: “die tatsächlich vorliegende Entlabiovelarisierung von *kʷ zu g ist aber nur vor konsonantischem i̯ verbürgt; […]”
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wulgī- ~ *wulbjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 598