Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wigilingu

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

From *wigilōn +‎ *-ingu.

Noun

*wigilingu f^[1]^[2]

divination, sorcery

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wigilingu
Genitive	*wigilingā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wigilingu	*wigilingō
Accusative	*wigilingā	*wigilingā
Genitive	*wigilingā	*wigilingō
Dative	*wigilingē	wigilingōm, wigilingum
Instrumental	*wigilingu	wigilingōm, wigilingum

Descendants

Old English: wiġlung, wiġelung, wiġelunga
- ⇒ Old English: ġewiġlung
Old Frisian: wīlinge
Old Saxon: *wigilinga
- Middle Low German: wîchelinge
Old Dutch: *wigilinga
- Middle Dutch: wichelinge

References

^ de Vaan, Michiel (2020) “wichelen”, in Digitale Etymologieën: Toevoegingen bij het Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1], page 153: “*wīgilinga”
^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “wichelen”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “wĭgelinga”

[1] Vaan, Michiel (2020) “wichelen”, in Digitale Etymologieën: Toevoegingen bij het Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1], page 153: “*wīgilinga”

[2] Vries, Jan (1971) “wichelen”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “wĭgelinga”

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