Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wanduz

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑn.duz/

Etymology 1

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”), with Orel comparing Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “hair root”), Middle Irish find (“hair”).

Noun

*wanduz f

1. mole (animal)
2. vole

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *wanduz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wanduz	*wandiwiz
vocative	*wandu	*wandiwiz
accusative	*wandų	*wandunz
genitive	*wandauz	*wandiwǫ̂
dative	*wandiwi	*wandumaz
instrumental	*wandū	*wandumiz

Descendants

• Old English: wand, wond
  • Middle English: wont, wonte, wontt, woont
    • English: want (dialectal)
    • Scots: want
  • ⇒ Old English: wandeweorpe
• Old Saxon: *wand, *wanda
  • Middle Low German: *want, *wande
    • → Norwegian: vånd, vond, moldvond (alternatively from Old English)
    • → Swedish: vand, vann, vanne (dialectal) (alternatively from Old English)
      • ⇒ Swedish: mullvann (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: wandawerpa, wandwerpa
    • Middle Low German: windeworp, winneworp
      • German Low German: Windworp, Winneworp; Windwurm
      • Low German: wond, wonne (dialectal)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, weave, braid”). (same as in sense #1).

Noun

*wanduz m

1. rod, switch, stick
2. barrier made of sticks, fence

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *wanduz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wanduz	*wandiwiz
vocative	*wandu	*wandiwiz
accusative	*wandų	*wandunz
genitive	*wandauz	*wandiwǫ̂
dative	*wandiwi	*wandumaz
instrumental	*wandū	*wandumiz

Related terms

• *windaną

Descendants

• Old Dutch: want
  • Middle Dutch: want
    • Dutch: wand
      • Afrikaans: wand
      • Negerhollands: wand
    • Limburgish: wandj
• Old High German: want
  • Middle High German: want
    • Central Franconian: Wand, Wank (Ripuarian, now chiefly western dialects)
    • Cimbrian: bant
    • German: Wand
    • Hunsrik: Wand
    • Luxembourgish: Wand
    • Pennsylvania German: Wand
    • Vilamovian: waond
    • Yiddish: וואַנט (vant)
• Old Norse: vǫndr, vöndr
  • Icelandic: vöndur
  • Norwegian: vånd
  • Old Swedish: vander
  • Old Danish: wand
    • Danish: vånd, vond, vand, vænd
  • → Middle English: wond, wand
    • English: wand
    • Scots: wand
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus)
• → Proto-Samic: *vuontëk (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Finnic: *vandëh (see there for further descendants)