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

Of somewhat disputed origin. Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáśkan (wax), from Proto-Indo-European *woḱso (idem),[1] which was originally reconstructed by Pokorny as *wokso, *wos-ko-.[2] However, others have compared the terms with Latin velum (sailcloth) and Dutch wiek (windmill sail), from *weg- (to weave) (though the semantic link appears tenuous).[3] The Germanic and Balto-Slavic terms 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. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wahsa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*u̯okso-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1180
  3. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “was”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute