Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wakwaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wogʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-. Cognate to Latin uvidus (“wet”), Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós, “wet”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*wakwaz
Declension
Declension of *wakwaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *wakwaz | *wakwai | *wakwō | *wakwôz | *wakwą, *-at(ō) | *wakwō |
| accusative | *wakwanǭ | *wakwanz | *wakwǭ | *wakwōz | *wakwą, *-at(ō) | *wakwō |
| genitive | *wakwas, *wakwis | *wakwaizǫ̂ | *wakwaizōz | *wakwaizǫ̂ | *wakwas, *wakwis | *wakwaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *wakwammai | *wakwaimaz | *wakwaizōi | *wakwaimaz | *wakwammai | *wakwaimaz |
| instrumental | *wakwanō | *wakwaimiz | *wakwaizō | *wakwaimiz | *wakwanō | *wakwaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *wakwô | *wakwaniz | *wakwǭ | *wakwōniz | *wakwô | *wakwōnō |
| accusative | *wakwanų | *wakwanunz | *wakwōnų | *wakwōnunz | *wakwô | *wakwōnō |
| genitive | *wakwiniz | *wakwanǫ̂ | *wakwōniz | *wakwōnǫ̂ | *wakwiniz | *wakwanǫ̂ |
| dative | *wakwini | *wakwammaz | *wakwōni | *wakwōmaz | *wakwini | *wakwammaz |
| instrumental | *wakwinē | *wakwammiz | *wakwōnē | *wakwōmiz | *wakwinē | *wakwammiz |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “wakwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569