Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/windaz

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 *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing; that which blows, i.e. air, wind”) (genitive *h₂uh₁n̥tés), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).[1] Cognate with Latin ventus (“wind”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwin.dɑz/

Noun

*windaz m

  1. wind

Inflection

Declension of *windaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *windaz *windōz, *windōs
vocative *wind *windōz, *windōs
accusative *windą *windanz
genitive *windas, *windis *windǫ̂
dative *windai *windamaz
instrumental *windō *windamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “wind”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*winda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 587
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.