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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/widuz

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰ-u-s, and cognate with Proto-Celtic *widus (wood, trees), with both roots likely tracing further to Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (to separate, split, cleave, divide) (whence Lithuanian vidùs (middle, i.e. forested area between two habitations)), with sense development "set apart, abandoned" > "desolate area like a forest" > "wood".[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*widuz m

  1. wood

Inflection

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u-stemDeclension of *widuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *widuz *widiwiz
vocative *widu *widiwiz
accusative *widų *widunz
genitive *widauz *widiwǫ̂
dative *widiwi *widumaz
instrumental *widū *widumiz

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*widu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 585