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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waisundaz

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

Alternative forms
  • *waisundō f

Etymology

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

Noun

*waisundaz m [1]

  1. windpipe, gullet

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *waisundaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *waisundaz *waisundōz, *waisundōs
vocative *waisund *waisundōz, *waisundōs
accusative *waisundą *waisundanz
genitive *waisundas, *waisundis *waisundǫ̂
dative *waisundai *waisundamaz
instrumental *waisundō *waisundamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: wāsend m, *wǣsend
    • English: weasand, wozzen (dialectal)
  • Old Frisian: wāsanda, wāsenda m
  • 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, page 567
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