Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waisǭ

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 *weys- (“to flow”), whence also Proto-West Germanic *waisund (“windpipe, gullet”), Sanskrit वेषति (véṣati, “to flow”), and perhaps Proto-Germanic *waizą (“seaweed”) (whence Dutch wier (“idem”)).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑi̯.sɔ̃ː/

Noun

*waisǭ f

mire, muck, slime

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *waisǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waisǭ	*waisōniz
vocative	*waisǭ	*waisōniz
accusative	*waisōnų	*waisōnunz
genitive	*waisōniz	*waisōnǫ̂
dative	*waisōni	*waisōmaz
instrumental	*waisōnē	*waisōmiz

Related terms

*wasô (possibly)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *waisā
- Old English: wāse
  - Middle English: wose
    - English: ooze
- Old Frisian: wāse
  - West Frisian: weaze
- Old Saxon: waso
  - Middle Low German: wāse
- Middle Dutch: wāse, wāze, waes
  - Dutch: waas
    - Afrikaans: waas
- Old High German: waso
  - Middle High German: wase
    - German: Wasen
Old Norse: veisa
- Icelandic: veisa

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*waiza-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567: “*waisōn-”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*waiza-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567: “*waisōn-”

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