Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wantuz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑn.tuz/

Noun

*wantuz m

glove, mitten

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *wantuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wantuz	*wantiwiz
vocative	*wantu	*wantiwiz
accusative	*wantų	*wantunz
genitive	*wantauz	*wantiwǫ̂
dative	*wantiwi	*wantumaz
instrumental	*wantū	*wantumiz

Synonyms

*galōfô

Descendants

Old Frisian: *want, *wont
- Saterland Frisian: Wonte
- West Frisian: want
Old Saxon: *wantu
- Middle Low German: wante
  - Low German: Want
  - → German: Wante, Want
Frankish: *want, *wantu
- Old Dutch: *want
  - Middle Dutch: want
    - Dutch: want
- → Medieval Latin: wantus, gantus, guantus (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: wantus
Old Norse: vǫttr, vantr, vattr
- Icelandic: vöttur
- Faroese: vøttur
- Norwegian: vott, vante
- Old Swedish: wante, vanter, vatter
  - Swedish: vante
- Danish: vante
- Elfdalian: ųott
- Jamtish: vott
- Westrobothnian: vɑnt
- → Middle English: want
  - English: want
→ Finnish: vantus
→ Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: fáhcca
- Southern Sami: vaanhtse

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