Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waluz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *wolH-u- (“stick, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Latin vallus (“stake, pale”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.luz/

Noun

*waluz m

staff, stick

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *waluz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waluz	*waliwiz
vocative	*walu	*waliwiz
accusative	*walų	*walunz
genitive	*walauz	*waliwǫ̂
dative	*waliwi	*walumaz
instrumental	*walū	*walumiz

Descendants

Old English: walu, wala, wyrtwalu (compound with *wrōts)
- Middle English: wale
  - Scots: wail, wale
  - English: wale, weal, wheal, welt
Old Frisian: walu, wale
- North Frisian: waal
Frankish: *walu, *wala
- Old Dutch: *wurtala (compound with *wrōts)
  - Middle Dutch: wortele
    - Dutch: wortel
      - Afrikaans: wortel
- Old French: waule, waulle, gaule
  - Middle French: gaulle, gaule
    - French: gaule
Old High German: wurzala (compound with *wrōts)
- German: Wurzel
- Luxembourgish: Wuerzel
- Yiddish: וואָרצל‎ (vortsl)
Old Norse: vǫlr
- Icelandic: völur
- Faroese: vølur
- Norn: vol
- Norwegian: vol
- Westrobothnian: gval
- Old Swedish: val
  - Swedish: val (dialectal)
- Danish: ol, vol
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃 (walus)

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