Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīlą
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to Middle Irish fell (“deception”), Lithuanian vìlti (“to deceive”),[1] with further origin of the terms somewhat disputed:
- From Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, want”), with semantic shift "will, want" > "change one's wills" > "deceive" (though Smoczynski does not mention the Germanic cognates);[2]
- or from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to turn, bend”) + *-ilą (“neuter agentive suffix”). The suffix is the neuter form of *-ilaz.[3]
Noun
[edit]*wīlą n
Inflection
[edit]| neuter a-stemDeclension of *wīlą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *wīlą | *wīlō | |
| vocative | *wīlą | *wīlō | |
| accusative | *wīlą | *wīlō | |
| genitive | *wīlas, *wīlis | *wīlǫ̂ | |
| dative | *wīlai | *wīlamaz | |
| instrumental | *wīlō | *wīlamiz | |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wīlan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “vìltis”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 755
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “u̯ei-1, u̯ei̯ǝ- : u̯ī- (C. Mit l-Formantien:)”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1120-22