Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrōts

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 *wréh₂ds (“root”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wrɔːts/

Noun

*wrōts f[1]

  1. root

Inflection

The original stem ablaut was initially preserved, but lexical split already occurred within the Proto-Germanic period.

Declension of *wrōts (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *wrōts *wrōtiz
vocative *wrōt *wrōtiz
accusative *wrōtų *wrōtunz
genitive *wurtiz *wurtǫ̂
dative *wurti *wurtumaz
instrumental *wurtē *wurtumiz

Derived terms

  • *urtiz
  • *wrōtaną
  • *wurtwaluz (compound with *waluz)
    • Proto-West Germanic: *wurtwalu
      • Old English: wyrtwalu f, wyrtwala m, *wyrtel
        • ⇒ Old English: bisċopwyrtel
      • Old Frisian: wirtel, wortel
      • Old Saxon: *wurtwala, *wurtala
        • Middle Low German: wortele
          • German Low German: Wortel, Wörtel, Wuttel, Wuddel
      • Old Dutch: *wurtala
        • Middle Dutch: wortele
          • Dutch: wortel (“root, carrot”)
            • Afrikaans: wortel (“carrot, square root”)
            • Negerhollands: wortel, wolter
            • Skepi Creole Dutch: wotl (“carrot”)
            • → Indonesian: akar (“square root, root”) (semantic loan)
            • → Indonesian: wortel (“carrot”), bortel (dialectal)
          • Limburgish: wórtel
      • Old High German: wurzala
  • *wurt- (oblique stem) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wurti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 601: “*wrōts”
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