Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walą

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”), synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from *waljaną (“to choose”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*walą n[1]

  1. choice, selection

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *walą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *walą *walō
vocative *walą *walō
accusative *walą *walō
genitive *walas, *walis *walǫ̂
dative *walai *walamaz
instrumental *walō *walamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *walu f
    • Old High German: wala
      • Middle High German: wale
        • German: Wahl
          • → Luxembourgish: Wal
        • Luxembourgish: Wiel (with umlaut after the verb)
  • Old Norse: val

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*walan ~ *walō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442
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