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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walaz
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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 1
From Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to wound; death (in battle); slain (in battle)”). Cognate with Lithuanian vėlė (“ghost”), Czech válka (“war”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.lɑz/
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *walaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *walaz | *walōz, *walōs | |
| vocative | *wal | *walōz, *walōs | |
| accusative | *walą | *walanz | |
| genitive | *walas, *walis | *walǫ̂ | |
| dative | *walai | *walamaz | |
| instrumental | *walō | *walamiz | |
Derived terms
- *in walą fallaną (“to fall in battle”)
- *walakuzjǭ (“slain-chooser; Valkyrie”)
- *walaraubō (“corpse-plunder”)
Etymology 2
From pre-Germanic *wolhH-os, "turned or turning", from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.lɑz/
Inflection
Declension of *walaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *walaz | *walai | *walō | *walôz | *walą, *-at(ō) | *walō |
| accusative | *walanǭ | *walanz | *walǭ | *walōz | *walą, *-at(ō) | *walō |
| genitive | *walas, *walis | *walaizǫ̂ | *walaizōz | *walaizǫ̂ | *walas, *walis | *walaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *walammai | *walaimaz | *walaizōi | *walaimaz | *walammai | *walaimaz |
| instrumental | *walanō | *walaimiz | *walaizō | *walaimiz | *walanō | *walaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *walô | *walaniz | *walǭ | *walōniz | *walô | *walōnō |
| accusative | *walanų | *walanunz | *walōnų | *walōnunz | *walô | *walōnō |
| genitive | *waliniz | *walanǫ̂ | *walōniz | *walōnǫ̂ | *waliniz | *walanǫ̂ |
| dative | *walini | *walammaz | *walōni | *walōmaz | *walini | *walammaz |
| instrumental | *walinē | *walammiz | *walōnē | *walōmiz | *walinē | *walammiz |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Norse: valr
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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