Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walakuzjǭ

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

From *walaz (“(battle) wound”) +‎ *keusaną (“choose, decide”) +‎ *-jǭ (“-er”, feminine agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.lɑ.ˌkuz.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*walakuzjǭ f

valkyrie, literally "chooser of the slain"

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *walakuzjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*walakuzjǭ	*walakuzjōniz
vocative	*walakuzjǭ	*walakuzjōniz
accusative	*walakuzjōnų	*walakuzjōnunz
genitive	*walakuzjōniz	*walakuzjōnǫ̂
dative	*walakuzjōni	*walakuzjōmaz
instrumental	*walakuzjōnē	*walakuzjōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *walakuʀjā
- Old English: wælcyrġe, uualcyrġe, wælcyrġe, wælcyriġe, walcrigge, walcyrġe; wælcerie, wælcyrie, wælkyrie
  - Middle English: walkirie, walkyrie
Old Norse: valkyrja
- Icelandic: valkyrja
- Faroese: valkyrja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: valkyrja, valkyrje, valkyrju
- Norwegian Bokmål: valkyrje
- Swedish: valkyria
- Danish: valkyrie
- → Catalan: valquíria
- → English: valkyrie
- → French: valkyrie
- → Low German: walköre
- → German: Walküre
  - → Dutch: Walkure
  - → Hungarian: valkűr
- → Russian: валькирия (valʹkirija)
- → Spanish: valquiria

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