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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From the same root as *wakwaz, namely Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-.[1]
Noun
*wakwō f
- a hole in the ice, a polynya
Declension
| ō-stemDeclension of *wakwō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*wakwō
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*wakwôz
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| vocative
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*wakwō
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*wakwôz
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| accusative
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*wakwǭ
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*wakwōz
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| genitive
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*wakwōz
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*wakwǫ̂
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| dative
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*wakwōi
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*wakwōmaz
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| instrumental
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*wakwō
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*wakwōmiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *waku
- Old Norse: vǫk
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wakwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569
