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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wihslaz

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *weyk-slo-s, from *weyk- (to exchange, curve). Related to *wikǭ (week) and *wīkwaną (to yield, to fold);[1] outside of Germanic, compare Latin vicis (change), Sanskrit विष्टी (viṣṭī, changeable, changing).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*wihslaz m

  1. change

Inflection

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masculine a-stemDeclension of *wihslaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wihslaz *wihslōz, *wihslōs
vocative *wihsl *wihslōz, *wihslōs
accusative *wihslą *wihslanz
genitive *wihslas, *wihslis *wihslǫ̂
dative *wihslai *wihslamaz
instrumental *wihslō *wihslamiz
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wikōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586:*wī̆h-sla-