Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīnahūsą

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 *wīną (wine) +‎ *hūsą (house).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.nɑ.ˌxuː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*wīnahūsą n[1]

  1. a place where wine is stored, wine house.

Inflection

Declension of *wīnahūsą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wīnahūsą *wīnahūsō
vocative *wīnahūsą *wīnahūsō
accusative *wīnahūsą *wīnahūsō
genitive *wīnahūsas, *wīnahūsis *wīnahūsǫ̂
dative *wīnahūsai *wīnahūsamaz
instrumental *wīnahūsō *wīnahūsamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: wīnhūs
  • Old Saxon: *wīnhūs
  • Old High German: wīnhūs
  • Old Norse: vínhús
    • Icelandic: vínhús

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wīna-xūsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467