Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōl

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *wōlaz, possible nominalization of otherwise unattested *wōliz (“disastrous, ruined”), vṛddhi gerundive of unattested *wal(j)aną (“to divistate, ruin”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit, to strike”). Compare Old Norse ól f.

Noun

*wōl m

  1. disaster, ruin

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *wōl
Genitive *wōlas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wōl *wōlō, *wōlōs
Accusative *wōl *wōlā
Genitive *wōlas *wōlō
Dative *wōlē *wōlum
Instrumental *wōlu *wōlum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: wōl
  • Old Saxon: wōl
  • Old High German: wuol

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wōla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 592
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