Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīsadōmaz

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 *wīsaz +‎ *-dōmaz.[1]

Noun

*wīsadōmaz m[1]

  1. wise judgement, wisdom

Inflection

Declension of *wīsadōmaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wīsadōmaz *wīsadōmōz, *wīsadōmōs
vocative *wīsadōm *wīsadōmōz, *wīsadōmōs
accusative *wīsadōmą *wīsadōmanz
genitive *wīsadōmas, *wīsadōmis *wīsadōmǫ̂
dative *wīsadōmai *wīsadōmamaz
instrumental *wīsadōmō *wīsadōmamiz

Synonyms

  • (wisdom): *wīsahaiduz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wīsadōm
    • Old English: wīsdōm
    • Old Frisian: wīsdōm
    • Old Saxon: wīsdōm
      • Middle Low German: *wîsdôm
        • Low German: Wiesdom
    • Old Dutch: *wīsduom
      • Middle Dutch: wijsdom
        • Dutch: wijsdom
    • Old High German: wīstuom
      • Middle High German: wīstuom
  • Old Norse: vísdómr

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wīsa-đōmaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
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