Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waisund
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editUncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *waisundaz, from *wais- + *-undaz (body part suffix), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”) (compare Sanskrit वेषति (véṣati, “to flow”)).[1] Possibly related to Norwegian veise (“rivulet; horsetail”).
Noun
edit*waisund m
Inflection
editMasculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *waisund | |
Genitive | *waisundas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *waisund | *waisundō, *waisundōs |
Accusative | *waisund | *waisundā |
Genitive | *waisundas | *waisundō |
Dative | *waisundē | *waisundum |
Instrumental | *waisundu | *waisundum |
Alternative reconstructions
edit- *waisundu f
Descendants
edit- Old English: wāsend m, *wǣsend
- Old Frisian: wāsande
- Old Saxon: wāsendi
- Old High German: weisunt, weisant f
References
editCategories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns
- gmw-pro:Head and neck
- Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns