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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From pre-Germanic *wh̥₁yús, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*wajjuz m[1]
- wall
Inflection
Declension of *wajjuz (u-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*wajjuz
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*wajjiwiz
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| vocative
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*wajju
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*wajjiwiz
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| accusative
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*wajjų
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*wajjunz
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| genitive
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*wajjauz
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*wajjiwǫ̂
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| dative
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*wajjiwi
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*wajjumaz
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| instrumental
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*wajjū
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*wajjumiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *waiju
- Old Norse: veggr
- Icelandic: veggur
- Faroese: veggur
- Norwegian Bokmål: vegg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vegg
- Elfdalian: wegg
- Old Swedish: væg, vægger
- Swedish: vägg, vägge (dialectal)
- Old Danish: wæg
- Gutnish: vägg
- → Scots: wig, veggel, wugrum
- Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (*waddjus)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wajju-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 568