Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wunsk

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 Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).

Noun

*wunsk m

1. wish

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wunsk
Genitive	*wunskas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wunsk	*wunskō, *wunskōs
Accusative	*wunsk	*wunskā
Genitive	*wunskas	*wunskō
Dative	*wunskē	*wunskum
Instrumental	*wunsku	*wunskum

Descendants

• Old English: wūsc

• Old Saxon: *wunsk
  • Middle Low German: wunsch
• Old Dutch: *wunsk
  • Middle Dutch: wonsch wensch
    • Dutch: wens
• Old High German: wunsk
  • Middle High German: wunsch
    • German: Wunsch