Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wunungu

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 *wunēn (“to stay, dwell”) +‎ *-ungu.

Verb

*wunungu

1. gerund of *wunēn

Noun

*wunungu f

1. home, dwelling

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wunungu
Genitive	*wunungā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wunungu	*wunungō
Accusative	*wunungā	*wunungā
Genitive	*wunungā	*wunungō
Dative	*wunungē	*wunungōm, *wunungum
Instrumental	*wunungu	*wunungōm, *wunungum

Descendants

• Old English: wunung
  • Middle English: wununge, wunnunge, wuning, woning, wonyng
    • English: woning
    • Scots: wonnyng, wonyng, wonyn
• Old Frisian: weninge, wenninge
  • Saterland Frisian: Woonenge
  • West Frisian: wenning
• Old Saxon: *wununga, *wonunga
  • Middle Low German: wonunge, wōnunge, wāninge
    • German Low German: Wohnung
    • → Danish: våning
    • → Swedish: våning
    • → Norwegian: våning
• Old Dutch: wonunga
  • Middle Dutch: woninge
    • Dutch: woning
• Old High German: wonunga
  • Middle High German: wonunge
    • German: Wohnung