Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waikwaz

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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

An o-stem adjectival formation from *wīkwaną (“to yield, buckle, fold”) (quasi-Indo-European *h₃oyg-o-s), with sense development "giving way" > "weak, pliable".

Pronunciation

Adjective

*waikwaz

  1. weak, soft, pliable

Inflection

Declension of *waikwaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *waikwaz *waikwō *waikwą, -atō *waikwai *waikwôz *waikwō
accusative *waikwanǭ *waikwǭ *waikwą, -atō *waikwanz *waikwōz *waikwō
genitive *waikwas, -is *waikwaizōz *waikwas, -is *waikwaizǫ̂ *waikwaizǫ̂ *waikwaizǫ̂
dative *waikwammai *waikwaizōi *waikwammai *waikwaimaz *waikwaimaz *waikwaimaz
instrumental *waikwanō *waikwaizō *waikwanō *waikwaimiz *waikwaimiz *waikwaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *waikwô *waikwǭ *waikwô *waikwaniz *waikwōniz *waikwōnō
accusative *waikwanų *waikwōnų *waikwô *waikwanunz *waikwōnunz *waikwōnō
genitive *waikwiniz *waikwōniz *waikwiniz *waikwanǫ̂ *waikwōnǫ̂ *waikwanǫ̂
dative *waikwini *waikwōni *waikwini *waikwammaz *waikwōmaz *waikwammaz
instrumental *waikwinē *waikwōnē *waikwinē *waikwammiz *waikwōmiz *waikwammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*waika-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567
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