Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wakwō

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 the same root as *wakwaz, namely Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-.^[1]

Noun

*wakwō f

a hole in the ice, a polynya

Declension

ō-stemDeclension of *wakwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wakwō	*wakwôz
vocative	*wakwō	*wakwôz
accusative	*wakwǭ	*wakwōz
genitive	*wakwōz	*wakwǫ̂
dative	*wakwōi	*wakwōmaz
instrumental	*wakwō	*wakwōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *waku
- Middle Low German: wake
  - → German: Wake
- Middle Dutch: wac (possibly from a neuter *wakwą)
  - Dutch: wak
Old Norse: vǫk
- Icelandic: vök
- Swedish: vak
- Scanian: vag
- Danish: våge
- Dalian: wåk
- Norwegian: vok, våk

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wakwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wakwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569

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