Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waisǭ

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 *weys- (“to flow”), whence also Proto-West Germanic *waisund (“windpipe, gullet”), Sanskrit वेषति (véṣati, “to flow”), and perhaps Proto-Germanic *waizą (“seaweed”) (whence Dutch wier (“idem”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑi̯.sɔ̃ː/

Noun

*waisǭ f

  1. mire, muck, slime

Inflection

Declension of *waisǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *waisǭ *waisōniz
vocative *waisǭ *waisōniz
accusative *waisōnų *waisōnunz
genitive *waisōniz *waisōnǫ̂
dative *waisōni *waisōmaz
instrumental *waisōnē *waisōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *waisā
    • Old English: wāse
    • Old Frisian: wāse
      • West Frisian: weaze
    • Old Saxon: waso
    • Middle Dutch: wāse, wāze, waes
    • Old High German: waso
  • Old Norse: veisa

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*waiza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567: “*waisōn-”
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