Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walwijaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *waluz (“staff, stick”) + *-ijaną (“denominal suffix”), invoking the original sense of "roll up".[1] Cognate with Latin volvō (“roll”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*walwijaną
- to roll
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *walwijaną (weak class 1)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *walwijan
- Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*walwjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (atwalwjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afwalwjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (faurwalwjan)
- →? Proto-Finnic: *valvadak (see there for further descendants)