Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiskaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *wiskō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wisgéh₂ (“flexible rod”) (cf. the feminine ō-stem variant *wiskō); cognate with Latin virga (“twig, shoot, rod”).[1] The root may further derive from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to produce, procreate”), though this is uncertain. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*wiskaz m

  1. bundle of hay/straw, wisp

Inflection

Declension of *wiskaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wiskaz *wiskōz, *wiskōs
vocative *wisk *wiskōz, *wiskōs
accusative *wiską *wiskanz
genitive *wiskas, *wiskis *wiskǫ̂
dative *wiskai *wiskamaz
instrumental *wiskō *wiskamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Dutch: *wisk
    • Middle Dutch: wisch
  • Old High German: wisk
  • Old Norse: visk f (< *wiskō)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *vihko (< *wiskō) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wiskō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 463
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