Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wigul

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

From *wigōn ~ *wikkōn (“to practice sorcery, divination”) +‎ *-ul.[1]

Noun

*wigul m[2][3]

  1. prophetic

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *wigul
Genitive *wigulas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wigul *wigulō, *wigulōs
Accusative *wigul *wigulā
Genitive *wigulas *wigulō
Dative *wigulē *wigulum
Instrumental *wigulu *wigulum

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Old English: wigol

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wikkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586: “OE wigol adj. ‘prophetic’ < *wigala-”
  2. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “wigula-”, in “Germanisches Wörterbuch”, in Publikationen (Werksverzeichnis 2019-12-01 6920) (in German), 5th edition
  3. ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “wigula-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 679-680
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