Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walakuzjǭ

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 *walaz (“(battle) wound”) +‎ *keusaną (“choose, decide”) +‎ *-jǭ (“-er”, feminine agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.lɑ.ˌkuz.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*walakuzjǭ f

1. valkyrie, literally "chooser of the slain"

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *walakuzjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*walakuzjǭ	*walakuzjōniz
vocative	*walakuzjǭ	*walakuzjōniz
accusative	*walakuzjōnų	*walakuzjōnunz
genitive	*walakuzjōniz	*walakuzjōnǫ̂
dative	*walakuzjōni	*walakuzjōmaz
instrumental	*walakuzjōnē	*walakuzjōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *walakuʀjā
  • Old English: wælcyrġe, uualcyrġe, wælcyrġe, wælcyriġe, walcrigge, walcyrġe — Early Old English, wælcerie, wælcyrie, wælkyrie
    • Middle English: walkirie, walkyrie
• Old Norse: valkyrja
  • Icelandic: valkyrja
  • Faroese: valkyrja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: valkyrja, valkyrje, valkyrju
  • Norwegian Bokmål: valkyrje
  • → Swedish: valkyria (learned)
  • → Danish: valkyrie (learned)
  • → Catalan: valquíria
  • → English: valkyrie
  • → French: valkyrie
  • → Low German: walköre
  • → German: Walküre
    • → Dutch: Walkure
    • → Hungarian: valkűr
  • → Russian: валькирия (valʹkirija)
  • → Spanish: valquiria