Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wanhaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wónkos (“crooked, bent”), from *wenk- (“to bend, slant, incline, twist, turn”). Cognate with Sanskrit वङ्क (vaṅka, “curve, bend”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*wanhaz[1]
Inflection
Declension of *wanhaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *wanhaz | *wanhai | *wanhō | *wanhôz | *wanhą, *-at(ō) | *wanhō |
| accusative | *wanhanǭ | *wanhanz | *wanhǭ | *wanhōz | *wanhą, *-at(ō) | *wanhō |
| genitive | *wanhas, *wanhis | *wanhaizǫ̂ | *wanhaizōz | *wanhaizǫ̂ | *wanhas, *wanhis | *wanhaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *wanhammai | *wanhaimaz | *wanhaizōi | *wanhaimaz | *wanhammai | *wanhaimaz |
| instrumental | *wanhanō | *wanhaimiz | *wanhaizō | *wanhaimiz | *wanhanō | *wanhaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *wanhô | *wanhaniz | *wanhǭ | *wanhōniz | *wanhô | *wanhōnō |
| accusative | *wanhanų | *wanhanunz | *wanhōnų | *wanhōnunz | *wanhô | *wanhōnō |
| genitive | *wanhiniz | *wanhanǫ̂ | *wanhōniz | *wanhōnǫ̂ | *wanhiniz | *wanhanǫ̂ |
| dative | *wanhini | *wanhammaz | *wanhōni | *wanhōmaz | *wanhini | *wanhammaz |
| instrumental | *wanhinē | *wanhammiz | *wanhōnē | *wanhōmiz | *wanhinē | *wanhammiz |
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wanxaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447