Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāpnalaus

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 *wēpnalausaz. Equivalent to *wāpn (“weapon”) +‎ *-laus.

Adjective

*wāpnalaus

weaponless, unarmed

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*wāpnalaus
Genitive	*wāpnalausas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wāpnalaus	*wāpnalausu	*wāpnalaus
Accusative	*wāpnalausanā	*wāpnalausā	*wāpnalaus
Genitive	*wāpnalausas	*wāpnalauseʀā	*wāpnalausas
Dative	*wāpnalausumē	*wāpnalauseʀē	*wāpnalausumē
Instrumental	*wāpnalausu	*wāpnalauseʀu	*wāpnalausu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wāpnalausē	*wāpnalausō	*wāpnalausu
Accusative	*wāpnalausā	*wāpnalausā	*wāpnalausu
Genitive	*wāpnalauseʀō	*wāpnalauseʀō	*wāpnalauseʀō
Dative	wāpnalausēm, wāpnalausum	wāpnalausēm, wāpnalausum	wāpnalausēm, wāpnalausum
Instrumental	wāpnalausēm, wāpnalausum	wāpnalausēm, wāpnalausum	wāpnalausēm, wāpnalausum

Descendants

Old English: wǣpnlēas
- >? Middle English: wepenles, wepene-les, wepneles, weponelese, weppenles, weppynlesse, wepynles
  - English: weaponless
  - Middle Scots: wapynles
Old Saxon: *wāpanlōs
- Middle Low German: wāpenlōs
Old Dutch: *wāpanlōs
- Middle Dutch: wâpenlôos
  - Dutch: wapenloos
Old High German: *wāfanlōs
- Middle High German: *wāfenlōs
  - German: waffenlos