Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīwô

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁-ow-, from *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ἱέρᾱξ (hiérāx, “hawk, eagle”) and αἰετός (aietós, “eagle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.wɔːː/

Noun

*wīwô m

1. bird of prey (heron, kite, falcon)

Inflection

Ablauting an-stem.

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wīwô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wīwô	*wīwaniz
vocative	*wīwô	*wīwaniz
accusative	*wīwanų	*wīwanunz
genitive	*wīwiniz	*wīwanǫ̂
dative	*wīwini	*wīwammaz
instrumental	*wīwinē	*wīwammiz

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *wīwo
  • Middle Low German: wîe, wîhe
    • Low German: Wieh
• Old Dutch: *wīwo, *wiuwo, weio
  • Middle Dutch: wouwe, wīwe, wīe, wūwe
    • Dutch: wouw
      • → West Frisian: wou
• Old High German: wīwo, wīgo, wīo
  • Middle High German: wīwe, wīe, wewe
    • German: Weihe, Weih
      • →? Pennsylvania German: Woi
      • →? Saterland Frisian: Wäie
• Old Norse: *vé (possibly unrelated)
  • ⇒ Old Norse: langvé
    • Icelandic: langvía
    • >? Icelandic: langvígi
    • >? Faroese: lomvigi
      • → Danish: lomvi
        • →? Norwegian Nynorsk: lomvi
    • >? Norwegian Nynorsk: langve, lomvie, langvie
      • → Danish: lomvibe, lomvie
    • Swedish: lomvia
    • → Irish: lamhaidh
      • → English: lavy