Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walaz

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

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From Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to wound; death (in battle); slain (in battle)”). Cognate with Lithuanian vėlė (“ghost”), Czech válka (“war”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.lɑz/

Adjective

*walaz

1. wounded (in battle)

Inflection

Declension of *walaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*walaz	*walai	*walō	*walôz	*walą, -atō	*walō
Accusative	*walanǭ	*walanz	*walǭ	*walōz	*walą, -atō	*walō
Genitive	*walas, -is	*walaizǫ̂	*walaizōz	*walaizǫ̂	*walas, -is	*walaizǫ̂
Dative	*walammai	*walaimaz	*walaizōi	*walaimaz	*walammai	*walaimaz
Instrumental	*walanō	*walaimiz	*walaizō	*walaimiz	*walanō	*walaimiz
Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*walô	*walaniz	*walǭ	*walōniz	*walô	*walōnō
Accusative	*walanų	*walanunz	*walōnų	*walōnunz	*walô	*walōnō
Genitive	*waliniz	*walanǫ̂	*walōniz	*walōnǫ̂	*waliniz	*walanǫ̂
Dative	*walini	*walammaz	*walōni	*walōmaz	*walini	*walammaz
Instrumental	*walinē	*walammiz	*walōnē	*walōmiz	*walinē	*walammiz

Noun

*walaz m

1. lich, corpse, dead body
2. battlefield

Alternative forms

• *waluz

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *walaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*walaz	*walōz, *walōs
vocative	*wal	*walōz, *walōs
accusative	*walą	*walanz
genitive	*walas, *walis	*walǫ̂
dative	*walai	*walamaz
instrumental	*walō	*walamiz

Descendants

• Old English: wæl; wælcyriġe, wælcyrġe
  • Middle English: wæl, wal, wel; walkyrie, walkirie
    • English: Walkyrie
• Old Saxon: wal (in compounds)
• Old High German: wal
  • Middle High German: wal, wale
    • German: Wal (primarily in compounds)
• Old Norse: valr; valkyrja; Valhǫll
  • Icelandic: valur; Valhöll
    • → English: Valkyrie; Valhalla, Walhalla
  • Norwegian: val (in compounds)
  • Danish: val (primarily in compounds)

References

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