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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waþwô

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

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *uH-two- from a root Proto-Indo-European *weH-, from which Sanskrit ऊरु (ūrú-, “calf”) could also be derived. Probably not related to Latin vatius (“bent outward”) and Latin vatāx (“having a deformity of the feet”), as the connection between “calf” and “bend” is weak.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.θwɔːː/

Noun

*waþwô m

  1. (anatomy) calf
  2. muscle

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *waþwô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *waþwô *waþwaniz
vocative *waþwô *waþwaniz
accusative *waþwanų *waþwanunz
genitive *waþwiniz *waþwanǫ̂
dative *waþwini *waþwammaz
instrumental *waþwinē *waþwammiz

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: watho
    • Middle Low German: wāde
      • German Low German: Waad
  • Old Dutch: *watho
  • Old High German: wado
  • Old Norse: vǫðvi
    • Icelandic: vöðvi
    • Faroese: vøddi
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vodve; (dialectal) vovde, vodd, vørve, vauve, vodje, modve
    • Old Swedish: vaþve

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “Waþwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576
  2. Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “vatāx”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 737

Further reading
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