Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wallijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ.

Noun

*wallijā f

1. welling, bubbling, overflowing
2. spring
3. wave
4. well

Synonyms

• *brunnō
• *kwalljā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wallijā
Genitive	*wallijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wallijā	*wallijōn
Accusative	*wallijōn	*wallijōn
Genitive	*wallijōn	*wallijōnō
Dative	*wallijōn	*wallijōm, *wallijum
Instrumental	*wallijōn	*wallijōm, *wallijum

Related terms

• *wallan
• *wallijan
• *wallōn

Descendants

• Old English: wælle, wielle, welle, wylle, wille f; wiella, willa m
  • Middle English: welle, wille, wælle, walle, wolle
    • English: well
    • Scots: well, wall, woll
• Old Frisian: *welle f; walla m
  • Saterland Frisian: Wälle f
  • West Frisian: welle, wel m or f
• Old Saxon: wella, walla
  • Middle Low German: welle
    • German Low German: Welle, Well
• Old Dutch: wella
  • Middle Dutch: welle
    • Dutch: wel
      • Afrikaans: wel
• Old High German: wella
  • Middle High German: wëlle
    • German: Welle
      • → Polish: fala