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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waisund

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *waisundaz, from *wais- +‎ *-undaz (body part suffix), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”) (compare Sanskrit वेषति (véṣati, “to flow”)).[1] Possibly related to Norwegian veise (“rivulet; horsetail”).

Noun

*waisund m

  1. windpipe, gullet

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *waisund
Genitive *waisundas
Singular Plural
Nominative *waisund *waisundō, *waisundōs
Accusative *waisund *waisundā
Genitive *waisundas *waisundō
Dative *waisundē *waisundum
Instrumental *waisundu *waisundum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *waisundu f

Descendants
  • Old English: wāsend m, *wǣsend
    • English: weasand, wozzen (dialectal)
  • Old Frisian: wāsande
  • Old Saxon: wāsendi
  • Old High German: weisunt, weisant f

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*waisunda/ō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567
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