Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wigilōn

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

Either from *wigil, *wigul (“prophetic”) +‎ *-ōn,^[1] *wigil, *wigilu (“sorcery, divination”) +‎ *-ōn, or *wigōn ~ *wikkōn (“to practice sorcery, divination”) +‎ *-lōn.

Verb

*wigilōn

to divine

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*wigilōn
1st sg. past	*wigilōdā
Infinitive	*wigilōn
Genitive infin.	*wigilōnijas
Dative infin.	*wigilōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*wigilōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wigilō	*wigilōdā
2nd singular	*wigilōs	wigilōdēs, wigilōdōs
3rd singular	*wigilōþ	wigilōdē, wigilōdā
1st plural	*wigilōm	*wigilōdum
2nd plural	*wigilōþ	*wigilōdud
3rd plural	*wigilōnþ	*wigilōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wigilō	*wigilōdī
2nd singular	*wigilōs	*wigilōdī
3rd singular	*wigilō	*wigilōdī
1st plural	*wigilōm	*wigilōdīm
2nd plural	*wigilōþ	*wigilōdīd
3rd plural	*wigilōn	*wigilōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wigilō
Plural	*wigilōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*wigilōndī	*wigilōd

Alternative reconstructions

*wigalōn^[1]
*wigulōn^[2]

Derived terms

*wigilingu
*wigilō
- Old Frisian: wiliga m (via metathesis from *wigila,^[3] scribal error?)

Descendants

Old English: wiġlian
Old Saxon: *wigalon
- Middle Low German: wichelen
Old Dutch: *wigalon
- Middle Dutch: wiggelen, wichelen, wickelen
  - Dutch: wichelen, wijchelen
Old High German: *wigilēn
- >? Old High German: *giwigilēn (“to teach?”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Heidermanns, Frank (1993) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 79: “wigalō- ‘zaubern …’”
^
Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “[https://www.koeblergerhard.de/germ/germ_
- .html *wigulōn]”, in “Germanisches Wörterbuch”, in Publikationen (Werksverzeichnis 2019-12-01 6920) (in German), 5th edition
^ von Richthofen, Karl (1840) “wiliga”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch [Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page 1149

[EWGP-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Heidermanns, Frank (1993) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 79: “wigalō- ‘zaubern …’”

[2] Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “[https://www.koeblergerhard.de/germ/germ_
.html *wigulōn]”, in “Germanisches Wörterbuch”, in Publikationen (Werksverzeichnis 2019-12-01 6920) (in German), 5th edition

[3] .html *wigulōn]”, in “Germanisches Wörterbuch”, in Publikationen (Werksverzeichnis 2019-12-01 6920) (in German), 5th edition

[3] von Richthofen, Karl (1840) “wiliga”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch [Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page 1149

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