Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wōkraz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add; increase”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɔː.krɑz/

Noun

*wōkraz m

  1. gain; increase; yield
  2. offspring
  3. interest; usury

Inflection

Declension of *wōkraz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wōkraz *wōkrōz, *wōkrōs
vocative *wōkr *wōkrōz, *wōkrōs
accusative *wōkrą *wōkranz
genitive *wōkras, *wōkris *wōkrǫ̂
dative *wōkrai *wōkramaz
instrumental *wōkrō *wōkramiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wōkr
    • Old English: wōcor f
    • Old Frisian: wōker m or n
    • Old Saxon: *wōkar
      • Middle Low German: wôker, wûker
    • Old Dutch: wuoker
    • Old High German: wuohhar, wuochar m or n
      • Middle High German: wuocher
        • German: Wucher
        • Yiddish: וואָכער (vokher)
  • Old Norse: ókr, okr n (also possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 m (wōkrs)
  • → Finnish: vuokra
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