Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wald
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *waldą. Deverbal noun from the root of *waldan.
Noun edit
*wald n
Inflection edit
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *wald | |
Genitive | *waldas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *wald | *waldu |
Accusative | *wald | *waldu |
Genitive | *waldas | *waldō |
Dative | *waldē | *waldum |
Instrumental | *waldu | *waldum |
Derived terms edit
- *gawald
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *waldaz. Cognate with Old Norse valdr of the same meaning.
Noun edit
*wald m
Inflection edit
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *wald | |
Genitive | *waldas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *wald | *waldō, *waldōs |
Accusative | *wald | *waldā |
Genitive | *waldas | *waldō |
Dative | *waldē | *waldum |
Instrumental | *waldu | *waldum |
Derived terms edit
- Frankish: *heriwald (“commander of an army; herald”)
- Old French: heralt, heraut, hiraut
- Frankish: *-wald
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Germanic *waldaz. Cognate with Old Norse valdr (“causing, guilty of”).
Adjective edit
*wald
Inflection edit
a-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *wald | ||
Genitive | *waldas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *wald | *waldu | *wald |
Accusative | *waldanā | *waldā | *wald |
Genitive | *waldas | *waldeʀā | *waldas |
Dative | *waldumē | *waldeʀē | *waldumē |
Instrumental | *waldu | *waldeʀu | *waldu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *waldē | *waldō | *waldu |
Accusative | *waldā | *waldā | *waldu |
Genitive | *waldeʀō | *waldeʀō | *waldeʀō |
Dative | *waldēm, *waldum | *waldēm, *waldum | *waldēm, *waldum |
Instrumental | *waldēm, *waldum | *waldēm, *waldum | *waldēm, *waldum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: weald
Further reading edit
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*walđaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 443