Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wunskaz

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

Etymology

A nominal formation from Proto-Indo-European *wnh₁-ske- (“to desire”), an sk-present from *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwun.skɑz/

Noun

*wunskaz m[2]

  1. wish

Inflection

Declension of *wunskaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wunskaz *wunskōz, *wunskōs
vocative *wunsk *wunskōz, *wunskōs
accusative *wunską *wunskanz
genitive *wunskas, *wunskis *wunskǫ̂
dative *wunskai *wunskamaz
instrumental *wunskō *wunskamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wunsk
    • Old English: wūsc
    • Old Saxon: *wunsk
      • Middle Low German: wunsch
    • Old Dutch: *wunsk
      • Middle Dutch: wonsch wensch
    • Old High German: wunsk
      • Middle High German: wunsch
  • Old Norse: ósk f

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wunskjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 599: “*wunska-”
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wunskō~*wunskaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
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