Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waigaz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *uh₁ikós, from *weh₁y- (“to twist, plait; to wrap, enclose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑi̯.ɣɑz/

Noun

*waigaz m

1. a wall (of a building or house)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *waigaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waigaz	*waigōz, *waigōs
vocative	*waig	*waigōz, *waigōs
accusative	*waigą	*waiganz
genitive	*waigas, *waigis	*waigǫ̂
dative	*waigai	*waigamaz
instrumental	*waigō	*waigamiz

Related terms

• *wajjuz

Descendants

• Old English: wāg, wāh
  • Middle English: waȝ, wah, woȝ, wawe, wowe, wouh, wough
    • Scots: wauch
    • English: waw
• Old Frisian: wāch, wāg
  • Saterland Frisian: Wooge (other Eastern Frisian varieties used wāge)
• Old Saxon: wēg; wēglūs
• Old Dutch: *weig, *wēg
  • Middle Dutch: weech, weegh; weechluus, weechluys
    • Dutch: weeg, and weech (dialectal); weeluis