Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wundō

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 *wundaz (“wounded”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wn̥tós (“wounded”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wen- (“to strike, injure, hurt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwun.dɔː/

Noun

*wundō f

1. wound

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wundō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wundō	*wundôz
vocative	*wundō	*wundôz
accusative	*wundǭ	*wundōz
genitive	*wundōz	*wundǫ̂
dative	*wundōi	*wundōmaz
instrumental	*wundō	*wundōmiz

Derived terms

• *haubidawundō
• *haubudawundō
• *wundōną

Related terms

• *wanjō
• *wundaz (“wounded”)
  • Proto-West Germanic: *wund
    • Old English: wund
    • Old Saxon: wund
    • Old High German: wunt
      • Middle High German: wunt
        • German: wund
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (haubiþwunds)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wundu
  • Old English: wund
    • Middle English: wund, wonde, wound
      • English: wound
      • Scots: wond, wound
  • Old Frisian: wunde, unde
    • Saterland Frisian: Wuunde
    • West Frisian: wûne
  • Old Saxon: wunda
    • Middle Low German: wunde
      • German Low German: Wunn
  • Old Dutch: wunda
    • Middle Dutch: wunde, wonde
      • Dutch: wond, (Belgium) wonde
        • Afrikaans: wond
        • Negerhollands: wond
      • Limburgish: wónj
  • Old High German: wunta
    • Middle High German: wunde
      • Cimbrian: bunta
      • German: Wunde
      • Luxembourgish: Wonn
      • Yiddish: וווּנד (vund)
• Proto-Norse: *ᚹᚢᛞᚢ (*wudu /⁠wundu⁠/)
  • Old Norse: und
    • Icelandic: und
    • Old Swedish: und
    • Danish: vunde (influenced by Low German)
• Gothic: *𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*wunda) (attested in compound 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (wundufni))