Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wald
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *waldą. Deverbal noun from the root of *waldan.
Noun
edit*wald n
Inflection
editNeuter 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
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Germanic *waldaz. Cognate with Old Norse valdr of the same meaning.
Noun
edit*wald m
Inflection
editMasculine a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
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
editFrom Proto-Germanic *waldaz. Cognate with Old Norse valdr (“causing, guilty of”).
Adjective
edit*wald
Inflection
edita-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
editDescendants
edit- Old English: weald
Further reading
edit- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*walđaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 443
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁- (rule)
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic neuter nouns
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- gmw-pro:Strength
- Proto-West Germanic neuter a-stem nouns
- Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns
- gmw-pro:People
- gmw-pro:Monarchy
- gmw-pro:Leaders
- Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns
- Proto-West Germanic adjectives
- Proto-West Germanic a-stem adjectives