Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wasô

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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

Presumably related to German Wrasen (“water vapor (in kitchen, etc.)”), itself of unclear origin, though possibly related to *waisǭ (“mire, muck”).[1] The semantic shift to "meadow" is perhaps via sense development "vapor" > "wettened land" > "meadow, field".

Noun

*wasô m(West Germanic)

  1. meadow, field

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wasô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wasô *wasaniz
vocative *wasô *wasaniz
accusative *wasanų *wasanunz
genitive *wasiniz *wasanǫ̂
dative *wasini *wasammaz
instrumental *wasinē *wasammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wasō
    • Old English: *wasa; *wase f
      • Middle English: wase
    • Old Frisian: wase f
    • Old Saxon: waso
    • Old Dutch: waso
    • Old High German: waso

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Wrasen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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