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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witalausaz

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 *witą (knowledge, sense, wit) + *-lausaz (-less).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwi.tɑˌlɑu̯.sɑz/

Suffix

*witalausaz [1]

  1. witless

Inflection


Descendants

  • West Germanic: *witalaus
    • Old English: witlēas
      • Middle English: witles
    • Old Saxon: *witlōs
      • Middle Low German: witlōs
  • Old Norse: vitlauss
    • Icelandic: vitlaus
    • Faroese: vitleysur
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vettløs, vettlaus
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vettlaus, vitlaus
    • Old Swedish: vitløs
      • Swedish: vettlös
    • Old Danish: witløs
      • Danish: vidløs

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), *witalausaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 463
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