Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walaz
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
Adjective
*walaz
- wounded (in battle)
Inflection
Declension of *walaz (a-stem)
Strong declension | ||||||
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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
- lich, corpse, dead body
- battlefield
Alternative forms
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *walaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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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
- Old Saxon: wal (in compounds)
- Old High German: wal
- Old Norse: valr; valkyrja; Valhǫll