Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waisund

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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *waisundō f

Etymology

From *wais- +‎ *-undaz (body part suffix), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”) (compare Sanskrit वेषति (véṣati, “to flow”)). Possibly related to Norwegian veise (“rivulet; horsetail”).

Noun

*waisund m

1. windpipe, gullet

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *waisund (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waisund	*waisuniz
vocative	*waisun	*waisuniz
accusative	*waisunų	*waisununz
genitive	*waisuniz	*waisunǫ̂
dative	*waisuni	*waisunumaz
instrumental	*waisunē	*waisunumiz

Descendants

• Old English: wāsend m, *wǣsend
  • English: weasand, wozzen (dialectal)
• Old Frisian: wāsanda, wāsenda m
• Old Saxon: wāsendi
• Old High German: weisunt, weisant f