Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīwô
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁-ow-, from *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”).[1] Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ἱέρᾱξ (hiérāx, “hawk, eagle”) and αἰετός (aietós, “eagle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*wīwô m[1]
- bird of prey (heron, kite, falcon)
Inflection[edit]
Ablauting an-stem.
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *wīwô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *wīwô | *wīwaniz | |
| vocative | *wīwô | *wīwaniz | |
| accusative | *wīwanų | *wīwanunz | |
| genitive | *wīwiniz | *wīwanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *wīwini | *wīwammaz | |
| instrumental | *wīwinē | *wīwammiz | |
Descendants[edit]
- Old Saxon: *wīwo
- Old Dutch: *wīwo, *wiuwo, weio
- Old High German: wīwo, wīgo, wīo
- Old Norse: *vé (possibly unrelated[2])
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wī̆wan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 590
- ^ Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 93