Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wakwaz

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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 Proto-Indo-European *wogʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-. Cognate to Latin uvidus (wet), Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós, wet).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

*wakwaz

  1. wet, moist

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: wac
  • Old Norse: vǫkr

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “wakwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569