Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waigr

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *waigraz, from Proto-Indo-European *woyk-ró-s, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome, defeat”).[1]

Adjective[edit]

*waigr

  1. resistant

Inflection[edit]

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *waigr
Genitive *waigras
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *waigr *waigru *waigr
Accusative *waigranā *waigrā *waigr
Genitive *waigras *waigreʀā *waigras
Dative *waigrumē *waigreʀē *waigrumē
Instrumental *waigru *waigreʀu *waigru
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *waigrē *waigrō *waigru
Accusative *waigrā *waigrā *waigru
Genitive *waigreʀō *waigreʀō *waigreʀō
Dative *waigrēm, *waigrum *waigrēm, *waigrum *waigrēm, *waigrum
Instrumental *waigrēm, *waigrum *waigrēm, *waigrum *waigrēm, *waigrum

Related terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Dutch: *wēger
  • Old High German: weigar

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*waigra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566
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