Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waigaz

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 *uh₁ikós, from *weh₁y- (“to twist, plait; to wrap, enclose”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑi̯.ɣɑz/

Noun

*waigaz m(West Germanic)

  1. a wall (of a building or house)

Inflection

Declension of *waigaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *waigaz *waigōz, *waigōs
vocative *waig *waigōz, *waigōs
accusative *waigą *waiganz
genitive *waigas, *waigis *waigǫ̂
dative *waigai *waigamaz
instrumental *waigō *waigamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: wāg, wāh
  • Old Frisian: wāch, wāg
    • Saterland Frisian: Wooge (other Eastern Frisian varieties used wāge)
  • Old Saxon: wēg; wēglūs
  • Old Dutch: *weig, *wēg
    • Middle Dutch: weech, weegh; weechluus, weechluys
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