Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/wīlą

Unusual set of sound changes

I am wondering whether anyone can account for the unusual set of sound changes here, from *wīlandz? A similar phonetic environment occurs in *hwīlō. In that case:

PGmc *hwīlō > OE hwīl, OHG wīla, ON hvíla, Gothic ƕeila, all with /iː/ unchanged.

Another consideration is that *wīlandz strongly presupposes a verb **wīlaną — just as *frijōndz and *fijandz can be related back to the verbs *frijōną and *fijaną.

In the semantic space we already have the verb *hanþōną, 'to be skilful, to devise, to handle' – a redlink under *hanþaz and in Kroonen.

— David Patrick 50 (talk) 06:06, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Mårtensås, seems you added this etymology some years back. Do you have a source for it? --{{victar|talk}} 08:46, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't recall. Proto-Norse ᚹᛖᛚᚨ (wela) is at least attested in a compound (namely on the Björketorp and Stentoften inscriptions), and the verb *wīlan- should be ancestral to Old Norse véla (unless formed from the noun at a later stage).

As for "Wayland", it's a name for a legendary figure whose story was very wide spread. In such a case we might expect the name to take on irregular forms. And truth be told I don't know if it's certain that *Welanduz(?) and *wīla- are related (though the semantics do fit well). ᛙᛆᚱᛐᛁᚿᛌᛆᛌ ᛭ Proto-Norsing ᛭ Ask me anything 10:36, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm as confused as the initial commentor. @Mårtensås, how does one go from PG *ī > PN *e, even with a-mutation? --{{victar|talk}} 08:26, 24 December 2024 (UTC)