Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wagnisô

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 forms

• *wagansô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wogʷʰnis, *wogʷʰmis, probably from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Old Prussian wagnis (“ploughshare”), Ancient Greek ὀφνίς (ophnís) (Hesychius) and Latin vōmis, vōmer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑɣ.ni.sɔːː/

Noun

*wagnisô m

1. plowshare, ploughshare

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wagnisô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wagnisô	*wagnisaniz
vocative	*wagnisô	*wagnisaniz
accusative	*wagnisanų	*wagnisanunz
genitive	*wagnisiniz	*wagnisanǫ̂
dative	*wagnisini	*wagnisammaz
instrumental	*wagnisinē	*wagnisammiz

Descendants

• Old High German: waganso
  • Middle High German: wagense, wagese
    • German: Wagense
    • Bavarian: Wagensun
    • Alemannic German: Wägese
• Old Norse: *vagsni, vangsni
  • Norwegian: vangsne, vagnse
  • Swedish: vangs (dialectal)