Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiskaz

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wisgéh₂ (cf. the feminine ō-stem variant *wiskō), from the root *weys-. Cognate with Latin virga (“twig, shoot, rod”).

Noun

*wiskaz m

  1. bundle of hay/straw, wisp

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *wiskaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wiskaz *wiskōz, *wiskōs
vocative *wisk *wiskōz, *wiskōs
accusative *wiską *wiskanz
genitive *wiskas, *wiskis *wiskǫ̂
dative *wiskai *wiskamaz
instrumental *wiskō *wiskamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Dutch: *wisk
  • Old High German: wisk
  • Old Norse: visk f (< *wiskō)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *vihko (< *wiskō) (see there for further descendants)
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