Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/windaz

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 *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (genitive *h₂uh₁n̥tés), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).^[1] Cognate with Latin ventus.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈwin.dɑz/

Noun[edit]

*windaz m

wind

Inflection[edit]

masculine a-stemDeclension of *windaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*windaz	windōz, windōs
vocative	*wind	windōz, windōs
accusative	*windą	*windanz
genitive	windas, windis	*windǫ̂
dative	*windai	*windamaz
instrumental	*windō	*windamiz

Descendants[edit]

Proto-West Germanic: *wind
- Old English: wind
  - Middle English: wynd, wend, wende, wind, winde, wynde
    - English: wind
    - Scots: wind, win
    - Yola: weend, wyeene
- Old Frisian: wind
  - Saterland Frisian: Wíend
  - West Frisian: wyn
- Old Saxon: wind
  - Middle Low German: wint
    - German Low German: Wind
    - Plautdietsch: Wint
- Old Dutch: wint
  - Middle Dutch: wint
    - Dutch: wind
      - Afrikaans: wind
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: wende
      - Negerhollands: wind, win, wen
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: went
      - → Aukan: winta
      - → Sranan Tongo: winti
    - Limburgish: windj
- Old High German: wint
  - Middle High German: wint
    - Alemannic German:
      Italian Walser: winn, wend, wénn, wind
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: bint
      Mòcheno: bint
      Udinese: bint
      Viennese: Wind
    - German: Wind
    - Luxembourgish: Wand
    - Vilamovian: wynt
    - Yiddish: ווינט‎ (vint)
Old Norse: vindr
- Icelandic: vindur
- Faroese: vindur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vind
- Elfdalian: wind
- Old Swedish: vinder
  - Swedish: vind
    - → Finnish: vintti
- Old Danish: wende
  - Danish: vind, vend
    - Norwegian Bokmål: vind
- Gutnish: vinn, vind
Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds)

References[edit]

^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “wind”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[1] Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “wind”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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