Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wagnisô

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

Alternative forms

*wagansô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wogʷʰnis, *wogʷʰmis, probably from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Old Prussian wagnis (“ploughshare”), Ancient Greek ὀφνίς (ophnís) (Hesychius) and Latin vōmis, vōmer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑɣ.ni.sɔːː/

Noun

*wagnisô m^[1]

plowshare, ploughshare

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wagnisô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wagnisô	*wagnisaniz
vocative	*wagnisô	*wagnisaniz
accusative	*wagnisanų	*wagnisanunz
genitive	*wagnisiniz	*wagnisanǫ̂
dative	*wagnisini	*wagnisammaz
instrumental	*wagnisinē	*wagnisammiz

Descendants

Old High German: waganso
- Middle High German: wagense, wagese
  - German: Wagense
  - Bavarian: Wagensun
  - Alemannic German: Wägese
Old Norse: *vagsni, vangsni
- Norwegian: vangsne, vagnse
- Swedish: vangs (dialectal)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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