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

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

Related terms

*wahsijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wōkr
- Old English: wōcor f
- Old Frisian: wōker m or n
  - Saterland Frisian: Wouker
  - West Frisian: woeker
- Old Saxon: *wōkar
  - Middle Low German: wôker, wûker
    - German Low German: Woker
- Old Dutch: wuoker
  - Middle Dutch: woeker
    - Dutch: woeker
      - Afrikaans: woeker
- Old High German: wuohhar, wuochar m or n
  - Middle High German: wuocher
    - German: Wucher
      - → German Low German: Wucher
      - → Saterland Frisian: Wucher
    - Yiddish: וואָכער (vokher)
Old Norse: ókr, okr n (also possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
- Icelandic: ókur, okur
- Old Swedish: oker, uker
  - Swedish: ocker
- Danish: åger
  - → Norwegian: åger
- → Middle English: oker
  - Scots: ocker
  - English: oker, ocker
Gothic: 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 m (wōkrs)
→ Finnish: vuokra