Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wajjuz

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

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *wh̥₁yús, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑj.juz/

Noun

*wajjuz m

1. wall

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *wajjuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wajjuz	*wajjiwiz
vocative	*wajju	*wajjiwiz
accusative	*wajjų	*wajjunz
genitive	*wajjauz	*wajjiwǫ̂
dative	*wajjiwi	*wajjumaz
instrumental	*wajjū	*wajjumiz

Related terms

• *waigaz

Descendants

• Old English: wǣġ
• Old Norse: veggr, veggruni
  • Faroese: veggur
  • Icelandic: veggur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vegg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vegg
  • Old Danish: wæg
    • Danish: væg, vægge, vegg
  • Old Swedish: væg, vægger
    • Swedish: vägg, vägge (dialectal)
  • Elfdalian: wegg
  • Gutnish: vägg
  • Scanian: vægg
  • → Scots: wig, veggel, wugrum
• Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (*waddjus)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN