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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wókʷ-to-s (“voice, speech”), from the root *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound out”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*wahtaz m
- (North Germanic) witness
Inflection
Declension of *wahtaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*wahtaz
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*wahtōz, *wahtōs
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| vocative
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*waht
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*wahtōz, *wahtōs
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| accusative
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*wahtą
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*wahtanz
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| genitive
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*wahtas, *wahtis
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*wahtǫ̂
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| dative
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*wahtai
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*wahtamaz
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| instrumental
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*wahtō
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*wahtamiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wahan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 565-6: “*wahta-”
