Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wahtaz

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 *wókʷ-to-s (“voice, speech”), from the root *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound out”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑx.tɑz/

Noun

*wahtaz m

  1. (North Germanic) witness

Inflection

Declension of *wahtaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wahtaz *wahtōz, *wahtōs
vocative *waht *wahtōz, *wahtōs
accusative *wahtą *wahtanz
genitive *wahtas, *wahtis *wahtǫ̂
dative *wahtai *wahtamaz
instrumental *wahtō *wahtamiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: váttr
    • Icelandic: vottur
    • Old Swedish: vātter

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wahan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 565-6: “*wahta-”
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