Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waigr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *waigraz, from Proto-Indo-European *woyk-ró-s, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome, defeat”). By synchronic analysis, a ra-stem adjectival formation from Proto-Germanic *wiganą (“to fight”).

Adjective

*waigr

1. resistant

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*waigr
Genitive	*waigras
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*waigr	*waigru	*waigr
Accusative	*waigranā	*waigrā	*waigr
Genitive	*waigras	*waigreʀā	*waigras
Dative	*waigrumē	*waigreʀē	*waigrumē
Instrumental	*waigru	*waigreʀu	*waigru
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*waigrē	*waigrō	*waigru
Accusative	*waigrā	*waigrā	*waigru
Genitive	*waigreʀō	*waigreʀō	*waigreʀō
Dative	*waigrēm, *waigrum	*waigrēm, *waigrum	*waigrēm, *waigrum
Instrumental	*waigrēm, *waigrum	*waigrēm, *waigrum	*waigrēm, *waigrum

Related terms

• *waikw
• *waikwijan
• *wīg
• *wīgan
• *wīkwan

Derived terms

• *waigrōn

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *wēger
  • Middle Dutch: weiger, wêger
    • Dutch: weiger (dialectal)
• Old High German: weigar
  • German: weiger