Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wizgā

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”), and cognate with Proto-Germanic *wiskaz (“bundle of hay or straw, wisp”).[1] The Proto-Indo-European term is sometimes taken as an extension of Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to produce, procreate”), or alternatively from a stem *weyḱs- (see *weyḱ- (“to enter”)).

Noun

*wizgā f

  1. rod

Declension

Declension of *wizgā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wizgā *wizgās
vocative *wizga *wizgās
accusative *wizgam *wizgans
genitive *wizgās *wizgāzom
dative *wizgāi *wizgais
ablative *wizgād *wizgais
locative *wizgāi *wizgais

Descendants

  • Latin: virga

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “virga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 682
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