Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wahsą

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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

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáśkan (“wax”), according to Pokorny, both from Proto-Indo-European *wokso, *wos-ko- (“wax”).[1] However, compare Latin velum (“sailcloth”) and Dutch wiek (“windmill sail”), from *weg- (“to weave”).[2] It could instead be from a pre-Indo-European substrate.

Pronunciation

Noun

*wahsą n

  1. wax

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wahsą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wahsą *wahsō
vocative *wahsą *wahsō
accusative *wahsą *wahsō
genitive *wahsas, *wahsis *wahsǫ̂
dative *wahsai *wahsamaz
instrumental *wahsō *wahsamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1180”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1180
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “was”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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